Asian Art II - 22nd May 2014

Lot 504

A large Japanese embroidered silk panel Meiji 1868-1912

Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £2600

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Description

A large Japanese embroidered silk panel Meiji 1868-1912, decorated with two large colourful peacocks beneath a blossoming tree on a dark coral-coloured ground, 408cm x 288cm.

Provenance: Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916), and thence by descent.