TX4-002: Antique Japanese Uchikake Outer Wedding Cape Early 19th Century Banquet Table Popova was more interested in

Popova was more interested in painting as a projection of material reality than as the personal expression of a metaphysical reality

Condition: with loss to areas of case including motif on door

Framed  24” x 30”

Four chairs in a yellow upholstery fabric (AF2-065) & two chairs in a blue upholstery fabric (see Af2-066)

He was also a member of the Society of Independent Painters of America

TX4-002: Antique Japanese Uchikake Outer Wedding Cape Early 19th Century Banquet Table Popova was more interested inAntique Japanese Uchikake Outer Wedding Cape Early 19th Century. This highly decorated Cape is meant to be worn as an outer garment on formal occasions primarily during weddings. It is decorated with symbols from Chinese lore that were present in Japanese art since ancient times. When the animals are shown on rocky islands amid waves, as here, they signify Mount Penglai (or Horai in Japanese), a realm of the immortals believed to lie off the southeast