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AN EMBROIDERED YELLOW-GROUND SILK
SEAT COVER
QING DYNASTY
the yellow ground with a blue rectangular panel
decorated with a central flower bloom, densely
embellished overall with a network of lush peony and
lotus blossoms borne on meandering leafy scrolls,
interspersed with bats suspending auspicious emblems,
framed and glazed
111 by 139 cm, 43¾ by 54¾ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 7th November 2007, lot 235.

W £ 5,000-7,000
HK$ 48,900-68,500 US$ 6,300-8,800
清 黃地繡花卉紋墊面

來源
倫敦蘇富比2007年11月7日，編號235

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PROPERTY FROM A DANISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
TWO SILK KESI ‘LOTUS’ ROUNDELS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
each woven with a large lotus blossom in the centre,
borne on a leafy branch and surrounded by further foliate
branches laden with further smaller floral blooms and
269 fluttering butterflies, all against a dark blue ground
(2)
Diameter 34.5 and 34 cm, 13⅝ and 13⅜ in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Astrid Ibsen-Sørensen (1892-1987), collected in
China before 1936.
In the family by descent.
£ 800-1,200
HK$ 7,900-11,800 US$ 1,000-1,500
清十九世紀 緙絲團花蝶紋補子
來源
Astrid Ibsen-Sørensen （1892-1987年）收藏，於1936年
以前購自中國，此後家族傳承

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