Vintage Japanese Showa 4 Panel Folding Screen Peony Swallow Butterfly Polychrome 36" Sake and patina (see photos)

and patina (see photos)

During the Edo period

A clean and characterful example of Southeast Asian unglazed stoneware — the allover stamped rosette decoration and compact handled form give it considerable tactile and visual appeal

money and valuables

relatively few old examples remain — destroyed by fire

Vintage Japanese Showa 4 Panel Folding Screen Peony Swallow Butterfly Polychrome 36" Sake and patina (see photos)Japanese Showa Four Panel Folding Screen Peony Swallow Butterfly Polychrome Korean Influenced 36 Inches A vivid and exuberantly decorated mid Showa period Japanese four panel folding screen (byobu) in the bird and flower (kach ga) tradition, notable for its warm ochre buff ground and richly polychrome palette showing strong Korean minhwa decorative influence. The composition sweeps across all four panels as a single unified image: cascading peony