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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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         A RARE IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED                       ᪺㑇Գ   㷍঄ח❛㣅㹪ᆬ὜♄ᙒັ
         YELLOW SILK `DRAGON’ ALTAR FRONTAL 
                                                           ϝᬝ
         DAOGUANG PERIOD (1821-1850)
                                                           -JOEB 8SJHHMFTXPSUI -UE 卿ٳᘹ卿    ჺ
         The altar frontal is finely couched in gold-wrapped threads with a
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         front-facing five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl between
         two side-facing dragons, all amidst bats and ruyi-form clouds. The
         lower register is embroidered in satin stitch and silk floss with
         crashing waves tossed with auspicious emblems. The pelmet bears
         the impressions of seals reading, Fanxiangsi gongji, ‘respectfully
         recorded by the Brahman Fragrance Monastery’.
         96 ƒ in. x 37 ¡ in. (245 cm x 95 cm.)
         HK$500,000-700,000              US$65,000-91,000

         PROVENANCE
         Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd., London, 2001


                                                                       impressions of seals on the pelmet
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