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Folding Screen by Unknown artist

Folding Screen

Joseon dynasty, 19th century

Silk with embroidery

Tokyo National Museum

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A two-panel folding screen depicts birds perched on branches with blossoms and foliage. The screen has a decorative border with a floral pattern. This folding screen adorned the bedroom of a newlywed noble woman. The paired birds and numerous flowers symbolize a wish for marital harmony and fertility. Origin: Korea Donor: Gift of the Ogura Foundation

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Art Nouveau bird branch blossom foliage symmetrical balance shallow space decorative border flattened picture plane nature ornithology floral

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