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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 士紳藏品
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A BOLT OF WOVEN FUCHSIA-GROUND SILK
Late Qing Dynasty
The long bolt woven with polychrome and gilt silk
threads with intricate octagonal diaper designs
decorated with interlocking, zigzag and wave
patterns on a fuchsia ground, together with two
related sections woven with a seven-character
inscription.
976cm (372 1/2in) wide x 72cm (28 3/8in) long
£10,000 - 15,000
HK$110,000 - 160,000
CNY92,000 - 140,000
清末 紅錦地團壽紋綢緞
刺繡「蘇州織造臣奉曾」楷書款
Provenance: Lieutenant-Colonel T.S.Cox,
and thence by descent
來源： T.S.Cox中校收藏，並由後人保存迄今
The inscription reads: ‘蘇州織造臣奉曾’,
which may be translated as ‘Made by the
Ministers of the Suzhou weavers’.
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