A fine and attractive, expressive, vibrant Japanese antique hand painted two-panel folding screen byobu featuring pairs of Mandarin Wood Ducks among an over hanging pine tree artistically conceived in gray, yellow, blue, and red on a cream ground and in a convenient size.

Artistically hand painted mineral pigments on silk.

Photographed in natural day light.

Smaller size makes this lovely one conveniently installable with multiple possibilities.

Accompanied with original black lacquer and bronze mounted frame and a fine backing paper – just the way we like to find them.

Dimensions: 60 inches high and 55 inches length when extended.

These medium scale screens are ideal for smaller wall areas in tea rooms or alcoves tokonoma (toko-no-ma), or simply toko, which is a built-in recessed space in a Japanese style reception room, in which items for artistic appreciation are displayed.

Age: early to mid 20th century

Lifetime guarantee of authenticity: All of our Asian works of art come with our lifetime authenticity guarantee.

Our gallery based in Newport, Rhode Island USA has been dealing in authentic Pre-Columbian, Japanese and fine Asian art, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. Our president personally travels across America as well as Japan and Europe each year to meet his network partners who assist him in finding best examples. He personally inspects each antique work of art to ensure its old age, authenticity and quality condition.

About Mandarin Wood Ducks
The asian mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species native to the East Palearctic. It is medium-sized, at 41–49 cm (16–19 in) long with a 65–75 cm (26–30 in) wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck. In Japanese the ducks are called oshidori and are used in the phrase oshidori fūfu (おしどり夫婦, “a couple of lovebirds/happily married couple”).