TWO JAPANESE LATE MEIJI (1868-1912) AND 20TH CENTURY CREAM SILK KIMONOS. The first, perhaps a wedding kimono (uchikake) decorated in red and blue batik with fans, painted with prunus trees and embroidered in gold and coloured silk threads with flowers on a damask ground, lined in cream silk, with sash, 141cm long approx., together with another embroidered in gold and coloured silk threads with fret pattern and flowers, stencilled diaper leaves and flowers, with sash Provenance Ex sale Sotheby's, London. The example with fan designs in good order overall, there are some loose threads and some minor losses, very minor staining to ivory silk. The other example (later in date) with some frayed and loose threads, minor staining and fading.

The example with fan designs in good order overall, there are some loose threads and some minor losses, very minor staining to ivory silk. The other example (later in date) with some frayed and loose threads, minor staining and fading.