An embroidered silk panel Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th century Worked in silk and cotton threads, inventively deploying long and short stitches, flat and twisted threads in a palette of browns, red, green, white and black to depicting a cockerel and hen, a cedar forest in the distance, within an engraved dark wood frame and glazed. Overall: 81.5cm x 72.5cm (32 1/16in x 28½in); image: 63.5cm x 55.5cm (25in x 21 7/8in).