Firescreen

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white image of a floor standing screen. The screen has a pole base that is circular and supported by the floor. The pole is thin with 3 oblong thickenings in the middle. The top of the pole has a long thin tapered section ending in a small point. The screen portion attached to the pole is shaped like a rounded shield with wave shapes on the top edge. The shield screen is decorated with an image of a person on horseback wearing a cape and holding a sword, charging to the left. The background is a flat white wall with a horizontal line marking the floor.