Vintage Japanese Silk Scroll with Bird and Flowers (Kakemono)

A Japanese hanging scroll (kakemono) depicting a songbird among flowering bush clover beneath a full autumn moon, with sweeping Japanese silver grass in the background. The composition belongs to the traditional kachō-ga (flower-and-bird painting) genre, celebrating the changing seasons through the depiction of birds, plants and natural scenery.

The painting bears a two-character signature, read as Kinsen (近僊), with a red seal beneath. It is framed by a sage-green patterned textile mounting and finished with pale-coloured roller ends.

Materials

Printed silk, textile brocade mounting and pale-coloured roller ends.

APPROX. Dimensions

Height: 188.5cm
Width: 58.2cm

Condition & Antique Character

The scroll has the aged character of a traditional mounted artwork, including some faint age marks and wrinkles on silk. Please refer to the photographs for the condition of the painted surface, textile mounting, signature, seal and roller ends. 

Please examine the photographs carefully, as they form part of the description.