A LARGE EMBROIDERED SILK PANEL WITH THREE RAKANSJapan, 19th centuryThe large panel is finely embroidered in various shades of red, brown, black, gold, bronze and blue, depicting three rakans under a vine, with one holding a miniature pagoda, another a book, and the last one being Handaka Sonja holding his bowl of alms from which the dragon in front of him emerged. The central embroidery is framed by a silk brocade border and mounted to a wooden stretcher frame. SIZE 156 x 89 cmCondition: Overall still good condition with intricate detail with soiling, loose threads, small tears, and material loss to the silk brocade borders. Provenance: The Langlois Collection. Jean-Marie-Charles Langlois, a Senior Railway Engineer in Indochina from 1920 to 1949, was passionate about Asian art and managed to build a collection that was later repatriated to France by his wife and children after his death. He tragically lost his life in 1949 during a Viet-Minh train attack. His son, Jean Marie Langlois, inherited the collection and continued to expand it with the support of his wife, aiming for coherence and quality in tribute to his father. The collection, which spans over a hundred years of collecting, was recently rediscovered in the family home.