Großer Seiden-Wandbehang. Lot n° 2005

206 x 383 cm. Tapestry. Needle painting. Satin stitches in silk interwoven with gold thread. The reverse lined in green silk with yellow floral decoration. On a gold field over an iridescent green landscape ground, a fine, masterfully executed, vividly colored, full-surface depiction of a Japanese spring landscape with differentiated flowering branches, panicles, peacocks sitting on branches or in flight, parrots and other exotic birds. Alternating floral border on a dark brown ground. Hanging loops. 206 x 383 cm. From the estate of the American industrial magnate Augustus Coe Gurnee. Prominent patron of the arts and great supporter of Harvard University. D