A FOUR-PANEL SCREEN WITH SILK EMBROIDERIES

Description:

Japan, Meiji period
176 x 266 cm
A continuous scene of herons on a bank with flowering wisteria and irises on black silk, mounted in four black-lacquered wooden frames with rounded edges, connected to each other with black ribbons.
From the collection of Gerd-Wolfgang Essen (1930-2007), assembled between the 1950s and 1980s
Minor wear, partly rest. and only few loose threads