A KANO SCHOOL FOUR-PANEL STANDING SCREEN WITH BIRDS AND PINE TREEWood, gold and silver paper, ink and colors, patinated copper fittingsJapan, 19th century or earlierA rectangular four-panel standing screen made of wood. Painted on gold is a depiction of red crested cranes with a stream in the middle, one of the cranes drinking from a little pond in the left. There is pheasant next to rose mallow flowers and a couple of songbirds perched on a rock beneath a blossoming cherry tree. Patinated copper fittings with incised decorations on the edges and the backside with geometrical patterns. Dimensions: IMAGE SIZE 122 x 47, TOTAL SIZE 173.5 x 109 cmCondition: The wood frame with damages on the edges and the backside with tears. The silver frame within the wood frame with some soiling and losses. The image with losses to painting, soiling and tearsProvenance: Viennese private collection