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A SILK BROCADE ‘BOYS AND LOTUS’ PANEL 宋 纏枝蓮花嬰采紋錦
SONG DYNASTY
立軸
mounted as a hanging scroll
Height 32¼ in., 81.9 cm; Length 17 in., 43.2 cm 來源
耕織堂收藏
PROVENANCE
Geng Zhi Tang Collection.
Woven with intricate patterns, this splendid jin brocade
exemplifies the outstanding craftsmanship of Song textiles.
During the Song period (960-1279), silk production
experienced remarkable advancements, leading to the
creation of fabrics with increasingly intricate designs and
patterns. Children at play is one of the most popular motifs
of the Song and Jin periods (12th-13th century), which can
be found in this brocade as well as other works of art, such
as a Ding ware bowl with boy and lotus-scroll decoration,
sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29th April 2022, lot 3695.
Compare a Song fragment of ling (twill-weave silk) with
boys in floral scrolls in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York (accession no. 52.8) ; another piece of similar design
is illustrated in Gao Hanyu, Chinese Textile Designs, London,
1992, pl. 43; a third example, a tabby with motifs of peonies
and boys playing, attributed to the Western Xia dynasty
(1038-1227), is illustrated in Dieter Kuhn ed., Chinese Silk,
New Heaven & London, 2012, fig. 6.42, p. 303.
$ 80,000-120,000

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