© Ashmolean Museum
Pair of folding screens: Flowers of the Twelve Months
Artist: Watanabe Seitei (1851 - 1918)
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: circa 1900
Materials: ink & colour on paper
Dimensions: each panel: 174 x 60cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £10,000 (Total: £52,000)
Vendor: Grace Tsumugi Fine Art Ltd
Review number: 5435 (2004)
Description:
A pair of folding screens each consisting of six panels painted with seasonal images relating to the twelve months of the year. For example, January depicts a rising sun, auspicious subject of the New Year, with a pair of sparrows beneath a snow-capped branch; June depicts a carp arching and leaping up a mountain waterfall, a symbol of perseverance and the virtues of the determined warrior; and October depicts a deer standing beside an autumnal red maple.
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