A panel with embroidered buddhist lions against a gold background, partially in metal thread. 32.5 x 31.5 cm.
Panel with rust coloured flowers against a black background, lined with purple silk, 29.5 x 91 cm.
Brocade with a motif of chrysanthemums and birds in gold and cream shades, 71 x 63.5 cm.
Unhemmed silk fabric with flowers against a light blue and turquoise background, c. 235 x 70 cm.
Unhemmed jacquard-woven silk fabric with a motif of flowers and books against a pink background, c. 235 x 35 cm.
Unhemmed silk fabric with a motif of blue flowers and leaves against a rust-red base, c. 38 x 115 cm.
Roll of unhemmed silk fabric with a motif of flowers, including chrysanthemums, peonies, and carnations, as well as bamboo, c. 37 x 800 cm.
Unhemmed jacquard-woven silk fabric with yellow, white, and pink flowers against a silver background, c. 31 x 71 cm.
Roll of unhemmed silkkasuri fabric with red-white flowers against a blue and white striped background, c. 36 x 500 cm.
Some wear and stains. Light blue/turquoise silk fabric with holes.
From the private collection of Eskil Artberg (1886-1974), thence by descent within the family.
Owner and cofounder of Japanska Magasinet, an antique shop in Stockholm founded 1909 by Eskil and his brother John Artberg (1878–1933). The brothers were active in trading Japanese and Chinese works of Art and also contributing by lending objects to the early exhibitions of both Japanese and Chinese Works of Art, such as for example the one in 1911 at Konstakademin, Stockholm. The shop first focused on Japanese Works of Art and Japanese papers that they sold to the Swedish Artists of the early 20th century, then after the war when the interest of Japanese Art cooled of, Eskil came to focus more on Chinese Works of Art. Both the Etnographic Museum in Stockholm and Östasiatiska Museet in Stockholm hold items in their collections that has been purchased from Japanska Magasinet.