DRAGON VANISHING INTO CLOUDS, A SIX-PANEL FOLDING SCREEN Ink and gold on paper, inscribed "Gyonen nanajusan-o (at the age of 73) Tairyukyu Zeshin" and with one seal, lower left. NOTE: Shibata Zeshin, one of the most highly regarded figures in 19th century Japanese fine and applied arts, was well-known for his lacquer work and his paintings, sometimes executed in inovative lacquer techniques. His style was often fluid, creative and free, all exemplified in the present work, where the dragon, powerful symbol of storm and rain, slips into the clouds, a sprinkling of gold trailing behind.