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Lot 474
FOUR SILK PAINTINGS DEPICTING BIRDS AND FLOWERS
Estimated Value:
1.200 € - 1.800 €
Schätzpreis:
Description:
Japan, early 20th c.je ca. 152 x 42 cm
Silk satin (light blue in gradient) painted with pigments, some motifs embroidered (colored silk, satin stitch). Frame made of brown silk woven with metal threads. In each of the paintings an elegantly arranged composition of birds with flowers and plants of the four seasons. The paintings are partially supplemented with embroidered sections: Wild geese with hollyhock at a body of water with fish; Sparrows in bamboo, plums and hollyhock; Sparrows with peonies and wisteria; Woodpigeons with pine and hollyhock.
From the collection of merchant Alfred Julius Forkel (1873-1934), assembled in China prior to 1910
Signs of wear, partly discolored, faded, detached from paper background
