probably India, 18th or 19th century, each panel depicting floral branches, songbirds, and butterflies on a pale yellow silk ground, modern painted and double-arched frames, 73 x 28 in.. Condition: extensive deterioration and surface losses to silk with some shattered areas (now consolidated onto later backing), minor abrasions to frames. Provenance: Collection of Anne and Robert K. Zelle, Nashville, Tennessee and Gulf Stream, Florida

extensive deterioration and surface losses to silk with some shattered areas (now consolidated onto later backing), minor abrasions to frames