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PROPERTY FROM THE ZHIDAO ZHAI COLLECTION
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A LENGTH OF DARK BLUE-GROUND ‘BUDDHIST EMBLEM’ SILK 十九/二十世紀 藍地八吉祥紋織錦及黃地龍鳳紋織錦
BROCADE AND A LENGTH OF GOLD-GROUND ‘DRAGON AND
PHOENIX’ SILK 一組兩匹
19TH-20TH CENTURY 來源: 志道齋私人珍藏
The brocade is woven with Buddhist emblems including lotus fowers and
pairs of fsh in coloured threads on an inky-blue ground. The long length
of gold-ground silk is woven with alternating rows of dragon and phoenix
roundels on a geometric ground.
The dark blue silk yardage: 82¡ in. x 30º in. (209 x 77 cm.)
The gold silk yardage: 370º in. x 29Ω in. (937 x 75 cm.)
(2)
£4,000-6,000 $5,700-8,400
€4,600-6,900

290 Other fees apply in addition to the hammer price – see Section D of our Conditions of Sale at the back of this Catalogue