Pair Antique Japanese Edo Period Falcon Hawk Birds of Prey Takagari Handpainted Screens 1860 Mid-Century Modern Her brightly colored geometric designs

Her brightly colored geometric designs came to represent the quintessential idea of the age of jazz and the spirit of Art Deco

Hu was able to pursue studies in France where he studied painting at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris

where he painted in the Normandy region

A very elegant pair of antique French Napoleon III blue enameled & gilded Opaline glass glass scent bottles or falcons

Pair Antique Japanese Edo Period Falcon Hawk Birds of Prey Takagari Handpainted Screens 1860 Mid-Century Modern Her brightly colored geometric designsA 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