Rams Head Antiques

Description

This is a fine example of Japanese lacquer work from the Meiji period with outstanding hand painted detail and wonderful gilding. The two fold screen has a wonderful rich depth of colour throughout with superb overlaid detail in the form meticulously carved geese in flight around a dusky moonlit sky descending into marshland. The screen is constructed in the form of panels which are set into the solid rosewood frame mounted with beautifully hand tooled metal brackets. The upper arched panels have raised lacquer work depicting majestic cranes which have the most beautiful gilding. The lower panels have superb hand painted floral designs with delicate butterflies and gilded detail. There is an area of cracking with an historic repair to the upper right panel best seen in photo 6. The screen is a fine quality piece that dates from around 1890 and makes a really dramatic impact in any situation.
The screen is 179 cm high and each panel is 74 cm wide.
Rams Head Antiques of Wolsingham, Weardale. Open Saturdays 11 - 5 or by appointment. You are most welcome to call and collect or delivery can be arranged at cost, unless free delivery is specified in the item description.
Rams Head Antiques is a family business based in County Durham. We have been in the antiques trade for almost thirty years. We stock a wide and varied range of antiques and decorative items including Georgian and Victorian furniture, mirrors, oil paintings and prints, ceramics, clocks, rugs and oriental items.
We can arrange delivery on all the items we have in stock, please ask for an accurate quote.
We offer a full money back guarantee if you are not happy for whatever reason within a seven day period as long as the buyer pays for return transport.