Yamaguchi Sekkei, Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo
Severance Fund, 1972.10.2 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Yamaguchi Sekkei

Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo

1668

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gilded paper
Dimensions
149 × 330 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-1104214

Sekkei lived and studied painting in Kyoto at the Kano school studio, the center of traditional painting activity in Japan since 1500. The use of gold foil as a backdrop for the frolicking animals served a practical as well as a decorative function. Because traditional Japanese rooms had no windows, interior lighting came from portable oil lamps and wax candles, whose effects were magnified by reflective surfaces.

Provenance

Severance Fund, 1972.10.2

Registry history

  • 1668 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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