Old Oriental woven scroll(large graphic files)

[UzZx32QU]

I just bought a big (I believe) Japanese scroll from a client getting divorced. Please excuse the UGLY frame and mat. All I did originally was replace a broken glass with uv plexi.


Anyway! This is a good size piece. The image size 26 x 50 inches.

It looks to have been Painted then cut into 1/8 in strips and woven back together with strips of white paper to create a ghost like image. Just the head and feet were painted after it was woven.

Does anyone recognize the artist, country, or wager a guess to value. Is this a common piece and I've just not see one before?

It is not new. My wild guess is 100+ years old +-50 years from the condition of the silk boarder around it.

Thanks,
framer

[ 03-11-2004, 11:27 AM: Message edited by: framer tg: ]

 

[Lance E]

I had a very similar piece through here once, not nearly as big but still large. It had come to NZ from Atlanta where it had been found amongst a relatives belongings.
Maybe thats helpful, maybe not...

 

[HannaFate]

Whatever it is, it's way cool!

 

[preservator]

It does look Japanese, as your initial description
implied. To get more information, you could try
sending these pictures to The Freer Museum (part of the Smithsonian)in DC or the Museum of Fine Arts, in Boston.

Hugh

 

[Jana]

It's cool, but I think it would scare little kids. The Reading, PA museum had a life-like Samurai figure. It was frightening to me when I was a young 'un. You can see him. He moves across this web page:

http://www.readingpublicmuseum.org/

Please let us know what you find out about your painting.

How are you gonna reframe it?

 

[Kit]

This poor fellow is obviously skate boarding to the orthodontist's office to get his over bite fixed. No wonder he doesn't look happy.

Kit

 

[Jana]

Kit, now you've done it. It's like hearing words to classical music... "This is the symphony, that Schubert wrote and never finished..." Or, "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a Mozart..." I knew one about Sant-Saens' The Swan, but I can't remember it.

 

[Kit]

Poe's The Raven can be sung to the tune of Humoresque.

Kit

 

[UzZx32QU]

I've added a couple more images to the original post.


framer

 

[McPhoto]

Framer -
When does "Antiques Roadshow" hit your area?

It might be worth $500,000!!

Then again, it might be worth $5