A scroll painting, ink and colour on silk laid on paper, by anonymous artist, late Ming/early Qing dynasty.
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Probably part of a large painting. Pheasants in a garden setting with magnolia and peonies. Measurement motif 80x145 cm. Refitted and mended during the 20th Century. Measurment hanging 95.5x240 cm. Japanese wooden box accompanies the piece.
Restored, later silk.
Provenance
From the Collection of Ebba-Stina Kiku Gadelius (1916-2022), thence by descent.
The foundation of the collection was laid by her father Knut Gadelius (1864-1932), who founded the Gadelius company.
Ebba was the third child of Knut Gadelius, she was born in Tokyo and grew up in Japan. She herself had a career as an artist and textile designer both in the USA and France and her design and art was strongly influcenced by her early years in Japan. The black and white image shows her (girl in white coat to the left) and her siblings and nannys on a trip to the Big Buddha.