Samurai stable stalls, rokyoku byobu (six-panel) screen, Kano school, Japan, Edo period, 171.5x61.5 cm (end panels) 171.5x59.5 cm (centre panels) (restorations)

Provenance: Geneva patrician family

A pair of screens with the same subject were sold at Sotheby's, London, 14 May 2019, lot n°140. For a similar screen, see the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, inv. n°2008.4

Samurai stable stalls, rokyoku byobu (six-panel) screen, Kano school, Japan, Edo period, 171.5x61.5 cm (end panels) 171.5x59.5 cm (centre panels) (restorations)

Provenance: Geneva patrician family

A pair of screens with the same subject were sold at Sotheby's, London, 14 May 2019, lot n°140. For a similar screen, see the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, inv. n°2008.4

Overall wear to the surface, consistent with age
Restorations: many repaints, especially to the green parts
Presence of many cracks
Presence of many surface scratches
Some lacks to the surface; visible layer underneath
Presence of stains