A JAPANESE EMBROIDERED `PHOENIX` PANEL Meiji Period Worked with a pair of mythical birds, Hō-ō with long trailing peacock-like tail feathers, one perched on a branch of a paulownia tree, the second hovering above, all against a buff ground of silk woven with a pattern of large meaty flowerheads and scrolling tendrils, 148cm high, 127cm wide