A SILK EMBROIDERY WITH BOAT AND WHITE HERONS

Description:

Japan, Meiji period
85 x 109 cm
Silk (basic fabric sewn together from two pieces), embroidery: silk, twisted threads, satin stitch and other stitches. A small rowboat lies in front of dense reeds. Several white herons are gathered around it. At the bottom an embroidered seal.
From a private collection in Berlin, acquired before 2007 - Traces of use and age, faded, partly loose embroidery threads