20th Century Japanese Two Wood Panel Paintings of Cranes at Sunrise and Sunset Over Gold and Copper Leaf

Description

Pair of Japanese Two Wood Panel Paintings Cranes in flight at Sunrise and Sunset
Wood panel A: Sunrise Scene with … more Pair of Japanese Two Wood Panel Paintings Cranes in flight at Sunrise and Sunset
Wood panel A: Sunrise Scene with Cranes in flight, a elegant Landscape. Lovely painting depicting four cranes in flight at sunrise above the clouds and pine trees with the mountains in the distance, wonderful reflective golden landscape. Hand painted cranes with stunning gold leaf background that changes throughout the day with sunlight and at night time.

Wood panel B: Sunset Scene with Cranes at natures water's edge and in flight above the water, a stunning landscape. Simply beautiful painting depicting two Cranes at the water's edge under bamboo trees with nine cranes flying above the water at sunset, a wonderful reflective golden, pink, and copper landscape. Hand painted cranes with stunning gold leaf of copper leaf background that changes throughout the day with sunlight and at night time.

Both of the wood panel paintings are in the style of Kano School of painting Circa 1925.
Though simple in appearance, the individual panels are composed of wood, covered with intricately patterned gold layers of gold leaf, a painstaking process completed by master artisans, (whereby squares of gold, copper and metal leaf, are applied by hand to the wood base making an inviting reflective landscape) in which skilled master painters complete the painting on this gilded surface. Black Lacquer is then applied to the perimeter to finish the edges of the painting. The pair of crane paintings have old china brass hanger happiness hardware added at the top of the frames for easy hanging support.

Paintings A & B each measure
Dimensions: Height 38.5 inches, Depth 1.25 inches Width 36 inches
Painting wood panel 36 inch Square
Hanger brass hardware 2 1/2

Originally acquired this stunning pair of Japanese crane paintings from a Rancho Santa Fe Estate in San Diego. less