Antique Edo Period Japanese Lacquer Screen With Semi Precious Gem Stone Inlay

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A most extraordinary Japanese screen with lush overlays of raised gemstones! An Important rare 19th century antique Edo period Japanese … more A most extraordinary Japanese screen with lush overlays of raised gemstones! An Important rare 19th century antique Edo period Japanese five-panel lacquer and Luxurious precious Stone screen decorated with a view of various birds, flora and fauna and auspicious motifs in precious raised hard Stone inlays of jade, nephrite, carnelian, and other precious hard stones.
Rich Emerald Green Lacquer with Gold Designs Border each Panel on the front panels. The back of each panel is carved in gold with the character longevity in various forms of blossoming trees. The screen has hung in the central hall of a large wealthy patron's palatial Japanese residence in the past, as well as in the Grand Foyer of the Harkness Estate. Center panel 21" W x 50" H, second panels 10" W x 47" H each and last panels 10" W x 45" H each
Hang this beautiful specimen screen in your palatial decor to impress and love. Provenance, assembled from our family's Maryland estate, The Edith Hale Harkness estate. The Harkness Family was among 19th century America's first philanthropic society families as financiers to Rockefeller & Flagler for Standard Oil, endowing the Harkness Ballet, the Harkness Pavilion, the Harkness Library, etc. Continue the Story! Reduced from $16,800. to $12,800. Our private family world-wide holdings include thousands of unique furnishings, art, objects, and jewelry. Please consider us a trusted resource, contact me via ask the seller. Mars. less