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A LARGE EMBROIDERED WALL HANGING
After an original design by Maruyama Okyo, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Woven in different shades of green, brown, yellow, white and red
silk and cotton threads with two cockerels confronting each other
on the opposite banks of a winding stream flanked by blooming wild
chrysanthemums and peonies, a toro (stone lantern) beneath the
spreading boughs of a pine tree in the left foreground and a bamboo
grove in the right, thatched dwellings, a pagoda and Mount Fuji
looming in the distance; signed at lower right Okyo with circular seal
Okyo. Overall: 204cm x 248cm (80¼in x 97 5/8in);
image: 176cm x 221.5cm (69¼in x 87¼in).
£2,000 - 3,000
JPY290,000 - 440,000
US$2,600 - 3,900

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AN EMBROIDERED SILK WALL HANGING
Showa era (1926-1989), early 20th century
Woven in silk wrapped thread decorated with a plectrum, a biwa lying
over a koto partially concealed in its brocade case at the foot of a
black-lacquered stand draped with two kimono.
198.4cm x 132.3cm (78 1/8in x 52 1/8in).

£2,000 - 3,000
JPY290,000 - 440,000
US$2,600 - 3,900

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