Watercolor tapestry with rooster in a tree
Painting on a large scroll. The painting is on paper and scroll is fabric. The tapestry is on good shape with some small fraying on the edges. It is 8 feet long and 32 in wide.
I do not know anything about it.
Inherited
Maybe
Dear Marie,
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Hello!
I’m very glad that you chose Mearto for your online appraisal.
Considering the photos, this item is:
A kakemono (掛物, "hanging thing"), more commonly referred to as a kakejiku (掛軸, "hung scroll"), is a Japanese hanging scroll used to display and exhibit paintings and calligraphy inscriptions and designs mounted usually with silk fabric edges on a flexible backing, so that it can be rolled for storage. The roll ends are made of wood, bone, ivory and porcelain. For newer pieces plastic was also used as well.
The motifs were often painted on silk. The mounting takes place on paper, the "frame" forms a brocade border. In this case, it is a rooster depicted in spring time. A special paste, matured over many years, keeps high-quality pieces smooth and rollable even after a long time. It is in very good condition.
In this case, this painting in silk (8 feet x 32) belongs to Japanese artist Chen Dayu (1912-2001). It is signed by him and it also has his recurrent motifs on painting: roosters in spring. For this artist, the oldest auction result ever registered for an artwork by this artist is a drawing-watercolor sold in 1994, at Sotheby's, and the most recent auction result is a drawing-watercolor sold in 2022.
PROVENANCE: Inherited.
$ 750 - 2500*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
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That's great, thanks so much!!
Hello! Do you have any information regarding the worth of this tapestry?