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Screen with eagles in cherry and plum blossom trees

JAPANESE
Screen with eagles in cherry and plum blossom trees
（Washi ni sakura to ume zu byobu 鷲に桜と梅図屏風）
 Meiji period 1868-1912

Medium
wood, ivory, shell, bone, metal, lacquer on wood

Measurements
196.8 × 175.9 × 3.8 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs E. J. MacPherson, 1967

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
(a) engraved in ivory l.l.: (artist’s seal)
(b) engraved in ivory l.r.: (artist’s seal)

Accession Number
1561-D5

Department
Asian Art

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