A Japanese Four-Panel Folding Screen

Meiji period (1868–1912), ink, color and gold on paper, a four-panel folding screen depicting ladies gathering shellfish along a shoreline, with baskets and a moored boat, set against a broad coastal landscape with distant mountains, with black lacquer hinged frame border.

Folded 36 x 18 x 3 in., Open 71 x 36 x 1/2 in.

A few scattered surface marks/abrasions; obverse left two panels have tears near the lower edge, Middle panels with later paper backing; surface scuffs and marks to frame.

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