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A LARGE YELLOW-GROUND SILK
EMBROIDERED ‘PHOENIX’ PANEL
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Height 125 in., 317.5 cm; Length 194 in., 492.8 cm

PROVENANCE
Offered at Sotheby’s New York, 18th April 1989, lot 140.
The impressive dimensions, luxurious quality of the yellow
silk, and fine needlework of the present panel indicate that it
may have been destined for the imperial household, possibly
for use as a bed hanging. The composition of phoenix
amid peony flowers, a subject matter associated with
idealized femininity, suggests the panel formed a prominent
decorative element in the bedroom of an important female
member of the imperial court.

$ 20,000-30,000

清十八世紀 黃地繡彩雲雙鳳穿花紋帷
料

來源
上拍於紐約蘇富比1989年4月18日，編號140

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