Fine Lacquer Panel Depicting Herons at a Lotus Pond

Description:

Japan, Meiji period
83 x 69 cm (98,5 x 84,5 cm R.)
The composition shows a heron standing on one leg in a pond, shaded by large lotus leaves and surrounded by bamboo shoots, some with flower buds, with another heron in flight. Executed in various gold lacquer tones on a roiro ground.
European private collection, acquired between 1970 and 1998 - Traces of age