Folding Screen for Tea Ceremony with Six Bird-and-Flower Paintings

In the style of Shibata Zeshin Japanese

late 19th century

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花鳥図風炉先屏風
Title: Folding Screen for Tea Ceremony with Six Bird-and-Flower Paintings
Artist: In the style of Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891)
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Date: late 19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Two-panel folding screen; lacquer, color, and silver on paper
Dimensions: Overall (each panel): 14 1/2 x 31 in. (36.8 x 78.7 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan V. Hammer, 1954
Object Number: 54.56
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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