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Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the city of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615),Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. Panel 8 - The Phoenix Hall in the Byodoin Temple (completed 1053). Right corner: cherry trees in bloom. Cherry blossoms are highly symbolic in Japan; their great beauty and quick end symbolizing man's life span. Hideyoshi held a Cherry Blossom Viewing Party attended by over 1300 women.
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Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing t...

Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the city of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615), Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. The Byodoin Temple complex with its gardens and cherry-trees represents Buddah Amida's paradise on earth.
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Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing t...

Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the city of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615), Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg, Eggenberg Castle Museum, Graz, Austria. Panel 8 - People walking towards the bridge leading to the Byodoin Temple complex. A commercial boat on the river Yodo, cherry trees in bloom. Cherry blossoms are highly symbolic in Japan, their great beauty and early end reminiscent of man's life span. Toyotomi Hideyoshi once held a Cherry Blossom Viewing Party attended by over 1300 women.
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Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing t...

Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the cityscape of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615) in the Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. Panel 8:bridge leading to the Phoenix Hall (completed 1053) in the Byodoin Temple complex.
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Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing t...

Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the cityscape of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615) in the Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. A traditional 8-panel folding screen or byobu, it measures 182 cm (hight) and 480 cms (length). The screen was bought by prince Johann Seyfried von Eggenberg from Dutch merchants around 1660. It was dismanteld in the town-house of the family in Graz, Styria, around 1754 and the panels were brought to the country seat of Eggenberg, when the "Piano Nobile" was renovated. The paintings were individually embedded into the walls of the "Indian Room", Indian Rooms having become highly fashionable in the 18th century,. They were surrounded by "Chinoiseries" from a local painter. The panels are to be read from right bottom to left top.
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Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing t...

Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the cityscape of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615) in the Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. A traditional 8-panel folding screen or byobu, it measures 182 cm (hight) and 480 cms (length). The screen was bought by prince Johann Seyfried von Eggenberg from Dutch merchants around 1660. It was dismanteld in the town-house of the family in Graz, Styria, around 1754 and the panels were brought to the country seat of Eggenberg, when the "Piano Nobile" was renovated. The paintings were individually embedded into the walls of the "Indian Room", Indian Rooms having become highly fashionable in the 18th century,. They were surrounded by "Chinoiseries" from a local painter. The panels are to be read from right bottom to left top.
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Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing t...

Saint Matthew evangelist and the angel; from the rood screen in Chartres Cathedral.2nd quarter 13th. Stone,64,5 x 50,1 cm
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Saint Matthew evangelist and the angel; from the rood screen in Chartres...

The throne of Napoleon I, built for the throne room of the Tuileries-Palace for the coronation on December 2, 1804. Heraldic decoration: N for Napoleon,Eagle, potence (chain)of the Legion d'Honneur,bees. After Percier and Fontaine. Gilt wood,H:1,22 m L:87 cm.
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The throne of Napoleon I, built for the throne room of the Tuileries-Palace for...

The throne of Napoleon I, built for the throne room of the Tuileries-Palace for the coronation on December 2, 1804. Heraldic decoration: N, Eagle,potence (chain) of the Legion d'Honneur,bees. After Percier and Fontaine. Gilt wood,H:1,22 m L:87 cm.
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The throne of Napoleon I, built for the throne room of the Tuileries-Palace for...

Main de Justice - Hand of Justice. Ivory,gilt silver,gold,pearls,precious stones, 1804. Made for the coronation of Napoleon, December 1,1804. Crafted by Biennais after an inverted engraving by Montfaucon,14th, with the ring called "of Saint Denis". INV MS 85
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Main de Justice - Hand of Justice. Ivory,gilt silver,gold,pearls,precious stone...

Mobilier de la chambre de Mme. Recamier, vers 1799, Acajou, bronze dore - Furniture of Mme. Recamier. OA 11344, 11742-11744
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Mobilier de la chambre de Mme. Recamier, vers 1799, Acajou, bronze dore - Furni...

Salon de Mme.Recamier (lit de repos, paire de Bergeres, paire de fauteuils, paire de chaises, tabouret, gueridon), vers 1799 - Living room of Mme. Recamier, 1799 Acajou, amaramth. OA 11383
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Salon de Mme.Recamier (lit de repos, paire de Bergeres, paire de fauteuils, pair...