Silver Leaf Byōbu Screen Of A Flowering Plum Tree by Tetsuzan - Taishō Period Material Cardboard forming an essential part of

forming an essential part of domestic life in rural Indian households

136 x 25 (wxdxh cms)

Use: Ideal as a coffee table or low storage unit

Yao is shamanistic and as the Yao culture was migratory worship was done in homes with temporary shrines and hung paintings like this one

which can still be partially seen

Silver Leaf Byōbu Screen Of A Flowering Plum Tree by Tetsuzan - Taishō Period Material Cardboard forming an essential part ofAn exceptional Japanese six fold bybu screen dating to the Taish period and painted in 1924 by the artist Tetsuzan, also known as Hariyama Senshi. Executed in sumi ink on a luminous silver leaf ground, the composition is dominated by a magnificent flowering plum tree whose twisting trunk and delicate blossoms spread gracefully across the panels. Emerging from rocky outcrops below, slender bamboo sprays provide a subtle counterpoint to the strength and