Pair of folding screens: Flowers of the Twelve Months

Watanabe Seitei (1851 - 1918)

Ashmolean Museum

circa 1900

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.

• Medium: ink & colour on paper
• Dimensions: each panel: 174 x 60cm
• Art Fund Grant: £10000 ( Total: £52,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2004
• Vendor: Grace Tsumugi Fine Art Ltd

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