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A BOLT OF FOREST GREEN GROUND AN EMBROIDERED BLUE SILK GROUND
A KESI-WOVEN SILK FIGURAL PANEL BROCADE-WOVEN SILK DRAGON ROBE
Late Qing/Republic period Republic period Late Qing dynasty
Depicting the enthroned Xi Wangmu and Displaying large-scale twin fish facing The nine dragons and shou medallions
other celestial hovering above official one another within repeated branches of worked in couched gilt threads surrounded
standing with a female immortal wearing pomegranate, peach and finger citron woven by cloud scrolls, bats, a flower basket and
a mugwort apron, the ensemble woven in in polychrome and gilt-wrapped threads, the other auspicious emblems above a tall lishui
faded polychrome threads against a dark lower edge with the inscription Jiangnan zhi border defined in white and polychrome silk
gray ground with a few details painted or ju nei zao. threads, the replacement black ground collar
woven in gilt-wrapped threads (tears, fading); 432in (10.9m) long band similarly embroidered (fading, losses to
now mounted with two sheets of Plexiglas. 30 1/2in (77.5cm) wide sleeves).
81 1/2 x 18in (207 x 45.7cm) the figural panel 55 1/4in (140.5cm) long
87 x 24in (221 x 61cm) the Plexiglas US$5,000 - 7,000
US$2,000 - 3,000
US$1,000 - 1,500

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