The Old Plum, attributed to Kano Sansetsu, ink, color and gold on gilded paper, 1645 (Edo period).
This wonderfully gnarled old tree, portrayed across four sliding door panels, is almost a landscape — or a world — in itself.
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click Fullscreen, then zoom or use download arrow.
Link: The Old Plum, attributed to Kano Sansetsu
Yes!!! Cannot wait to learn and perform this ancient old technique, that has been on my mind to try out, for a quite a while, as if you´ve read my mind, Charley.
http://crackleglazehunt.hubpages.com/hub/Gilding-onto-paper
Really interesting , evokes a real sense of wonder ….