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Japanese TAISHO p KUTANI SCREEN STAND SET browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese: Pre 1920: item # 163773 Please refer to our stock # TCR862 when inquiring.
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| Taisho period (1911-1925) Kutani ceramic Byobu-hasami screen feet in the form of a pair of mandarin ducks, made to be slipped onto the outside edges of a folding screen to keep it from moving. Traditionally Japanese houses were very open, divided by screens and paper doors. During the summer, in an effort to thwart the summer heat shutters along the outer halls would be left open to allow a breeze to flow through. Sometimes this breeze could push screens around and so these heavy bronze or ceramic weights were created to hold them in place. This set is decorated in typical Ao-Kutani enamels of green, yellow purple, blue and black, and bears the artists stamp inside the screen-slot. One of the upright wings on the male bird has been broken off and repaired; otherwise the set is in excellent condition. They are each roughly 6 inches long, and come in a home-made wooden box dated Taisho 8 (1919). | ||||||||||
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