Pair Antique Japanese Edo Period Falcon Hawk Birds of Prey Takagari Handpainted Screens 1860 Decorative Arts as this table is of

as this table is of an antquarian natutre Bloomsbury will procure a CITES licence if the table is to be shipped ouitside of the United States

as if seen through a telephoto lens

The table was purchased as a wedding gift for a prominent West Coast architect in the 1950's

The fall front encloses a fitted interior with four gothic arched ebony pigeon holes flanked with two banks of three 'ripple' fronted drawers

Both the interior of the lid and the interior of the base are hallmarked for Gervase Wheeler

Pair Antique Japanese Edo Period Falcon Hawk Birds of Prey Takagari Handpainted Screens 1860 Decorative Arts as this table is ofA very fine pair of antique Edo period four paneled screens, hand painted with tethered birds of prey, in the manner of Soga Nichokuan, circa 1860. Wonderful pair of four panel bybu (folding screens) covered with four separate hanging scroll paintings (kakejiku) depicting different taka (hawks) perched & tethered different seasons. The painting is of the highest quality and portrays the bird's distinct features; sharp beaks, keen eyes, long curving