

Lot 253
A large embroidered wall hanging After an original design by Maruyama Okyo, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,312.50 inc. premium
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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).
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).