Pair Antique Japanese Edo Period Falcon Hawk Birds of Prey Takagari Handpainted Screens 1860 Sculpture the gallery specialized in showing

the gallery specialized in showing major 20th century British artists

In the foreground are several small boats with sailors variously occupied attending to them

Regency Classicism was characterised by forms and motifs from ancient Greece and Rome

which was itself indebted to the academic manner of Otto van Veen

Indian genre scenes

Pair Antique Japanese Edo Period Falcon Hawk Birds of Prey Takagari Handpainted Screens 1860 Sculpture the gallery specialized in showingA very fine pair of antique Edo period four paneled screens, hand painted with tethered birds of prey, in the manner of Soga Nichokuan, circa 1860. Wonderful pair of four panel bybu (folding screens) covered with four separate hanging scroll paintings (kakejiku) depicting different taka (hawks) perched & tethered different seasons. The painting is of the highest quality and portrays the bird's distinct features; sharp beaks, keen eyes, long curving