Scroll Painting: "Nightingale and Plum"

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Artist Unidentified/unread
Title "Nightingale and Plum"
(given name)
Date Late-Showa period, ca1970/80's.
Image Size Painting size: 15 1/2 x 40 1/4.
Technique Painting itself is colored pigments on light tan silk.
Mounting Size Entire "kakejiku" (hanging scroll) is 20 3/4 x 73 1/4 overall.
Mounting Details Tanish silk (artwork) mounted on green silk with black/brown flower patterns; different flower-patterned mauve-colored silk used top and bottom; gold-patterned cream silk "ichimonji" brocade top/bottom; gold-patterned cream-colored silk brocade hanging "futai" at top; medium brown wooden end-pieced bottom roller.
Condition Excellent.
(No flaws noted. Clean and wrinkle-free.)
Comments An attractively painted composition a little nightingale perched in blossoming plum tree--nicely mounted as a hanging scroll. A unique, truly one-of-a-kind artwork. Stored inside original Japanese hand-made wooden box.
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Item # BG-547
Price $350 (Sold/BW)