"THE SEA OF LILLIES" signed pencil l/r: Bertha Lum, gouache on embossed paper, image sight: 17 3/4 x 10 1/2 PROVENANCE Private residence, Arcadia, CA. Note: Explanation of title found on reverse: "All souls must cross the sea after death. The Kwan Yin guides the souls of the little children, over the sea of lillies. The bubbles which are the souls of the children that rise as she passes.".