Mid 20th Century Japanese Byōbu Chinoiserie-Style Four-Panel Hand Painted and Signed Silk Screen Room Divider

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The signature and red seal (落款, rakkan) confirm this screen as an authentic vintage Japanese work signed 「雪村」 (Sesson).

Core … Read more The signature and red seal (落款, rakkan) confirm this screen as an authentic vintage Japanese work signed 「雪村」 (Sesson).

Core Details & FeaturesStyle:
Traditional Japanese Byōbu (folding screen), commonly styled with minimalist floral imagery like camellias or magnolias on dark silk or paper panels.

Function:
Used traditionally as a privacy partition, windbreak, or backdrop for tea ceremonies, and modernly as a prominent interior design accent piece.

Design Elements:
Features a continuous, fluidly painted branch stretching across multiple panels, framed by subtle gold-flecked borders and a sleek black lacquer finish.

Size:
35” tall and 65” wide if panels are opened completely or hanging on a wall.

Silk screen
Hand painted
Midcentury 1960’s

Amazing vintage shape

A few knicks that have been patched with gold flakes and a hole in the back paper was patched with a fabric to protect.

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