Chinese Butterflies with Orange Lily on Silk, Framed

About the Item

Companion piece in the same manner as A096: on a warm tan silk ground, a stem of long green blade-like leaves rises at the left carrying two orange-red lily flowers with yellow throats, and four butterflies and moths are scattered across the open ground to the right. Their wings are painted in russet, gold, turquoise, cobalt and scarlet with fine dark veining and threadlike antennae. The composition is spare and asymmetric, with most of the silk left empty. Presented in the same cream mat with fine ruled line and narrow speckled gilt frame under glass. Medium: gouache and ink on silk. Condition: Silk evenly toned; a small light spot on the mat at the right and general glare on the glass. No tears or losses visible.

Details

Creation Year:

20th century

Dimensions:

Height: 8.75 in (22.23 cm)
Width: 11.0 in (27.94 cm)
outside of frame

Medium:

gouache and ink on silk

Period:

20Th

Condition:

Offered in the condition shown in the photographs.

Reference Number:

VO-145

Documentation:

no certificate photographed