Young Women
Japanese, late 19th/20th century: six watercolors on paper depicting young women elaborately dressed in garden landscapes, signed and inscribed (artist unknown), 9-5/8 x 12 in., sheet 13-5/8 x 15-3/4 in., mounted on silk and unframed, [minor abrasions and losses at edges, minor spotting and soiling, some with creases to sheet;] with a finely executed watercolor of three flowers and a butterfly, signed and initialed lower left with chop, glued with silk border banding, 6-3/4 x 5-7/8 in., [minor crease upper right;] with seven finely executed watercolors on paper of flowers and insects, glued to silk borders, each signed in ink with chop, approximately 7 x 5 in. (image), 8 x 6 in. with silk borders, [good condition with minor creases] . Provenance: Private Collection