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Lot 83 VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A Furosaki Byobu [Tea Screen]
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Closed11 May 2011
Price Realised
GBP 8,750
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Specialist note
Furosaki byobu are low, two-leaf folding screens used as partitions in a tea-ceremony rooms [chashitsu]. They were originally used as a windbreak for the portable brazier, but also acquired an important decorative function, and served to divide the space within the room.