Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Wading Deer

Originally fusuma doors, three deer stand in a clearing in a pine forest with gold leaf mist. Mid Edo period painting in mineral pigments on gold leaf wi...

Japanese two panel screen: Nara Deer in Gentle Yoshino Landscape. Yoshino is in the Nara Prefecture, an area famous for these small and tame deer native to J...

Buck and doe under a red maple on heavy gold. Mineral pigments on gold leaf on paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. White deer are considered a symbol of longevity ...

Japanese six-panel screen: Buck and doe at dawn. Showa period (1926-1989) painting of a rising sun seen through a woodland scene with a pair of deer. In Japan, deer are thought to be...

A six-panel Japanese folding screen from the leading Maruyama-Shijo artist Okamoto Toyohiko (1773-1845). Simply featuring three deer and a few sprigs of foliage on a sumptuous gold-leaf background this work emphasizes naturalistic expression and a masterful use of negative space. Reduced to its most basic elements, the blank spaces inspire imagination and evoke the smells, sounds and even the weather of the scene. Whilst deer are traditionally depicted in association with autumn, here the green growth on the tops of the foliage indicates the season of spring. The work references Maruyama Okyo’s two-panel deer screen...

Anonymous Spotted Deer and Autumn Flowers Two-panel Japanese Screen; ink, color, gofun and gold fleck on paper. This two-panel Japanese screen, painted on paper and likely dating ...

Deer under maples Late Taisho period, circa 1925-1930 Pair of two-panel screens. Ink and pigment on silk. Signature: Goho Seal: Goho A pair of two-fold Japanese silk screens...

Two-panel screen painted on paper, depicting a naturalistic scene with two pintail ducks in flight over a pond. In the foreground, lotus plants and peonies emerge from leaves and ste...