A six-fold screen with depiction of horses

Description:

Japan, late Edo period
Je Paneel H. 94,5 x 33,5 cm
Anonymous artist, ink and color on paper. Each panel features a mounted depiction of a horse in its stable box. The compositions vary by breed and present lively, detailed characterizations of the horses.
From the collection of the chemist, engineer and director of Merck & Co. Heinrich Georg Johann Harms (3.9.1906-28.6.1975) and his wife Eva Harms (10.11.1905-13.10.1998), largely collected in Shanghai between 1935 and 1942 - Partly minor wear, slightly damaged and with mould stains