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A GROUP OF FIVE YELLOW-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK 清十九世紀 黃地緞繡龍戲珠紋座墊一組五件
‘DRAGON’ CUSHION COVER PANELS
19TH CENTURY 來源: 歐洲私人珍藏; 二十世紀初購自亞洲 (5)
Each cushion cover panel is embroidered in foss silks and couched gilt thread
to depict a fve-clawed dragon chasing a faming pearl, amongst scrolling
clouds to the centre, surrounded by a border of lotus and peony scrolls.
9 in. (23 cm.) high
(5)
£1,500-2,500 $2,200-3,500
€1,800-2,900
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Asia in the early 20th century.
(partly illustrated)
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