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A YELLOW-GROUND EMBROIDERED
SILK FRONTAL
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
the rectangular panel of sa! ron-colored satin
richly embroidered in polychrome silk threads,
centered with an abstracted shou character
couched in gold-wrapped threads and
surrounded by Þ ve pink bats grasping peaches
and soaring amidst blue and green cloud
wisps all within a scrolling-lotus medallion,
‘Auspicious Emblems’ interwoven into the
lotus stems, further scrolling lotus, abstracted
dragon-form borders, and auspicious creatures
decorating the remainder of the panel, a pair
of comma-shaped embroidered tabs at the top
corners for securing the panel
Height 27¾ in., 70.5 cm; Width 19½ in., 49.5
cm
$ 10,000-15,000
㶭Ḧ昮ġġġ湫⛘三Ḽ䤷㌏⢥䲳⷟

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PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN PRIVATE
COLLECTOR
A BLUE-GROUND SILK GAUZE
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‘DRAGON’ ROBE , JIFU
QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH
CENTURY
with couched gold-wrapped thread forming
nine Þ ve-clawed dragons each pursuing a
‘ß aming pearl’ amidst polychrome-embroidered
clouds, bats, and ‘Auspicious Emblems’ all
above crashing waves and lishui stripes, the
embroidered ‘dragon’ motif repeated in the
borders at the neck, chest, and horse-hoof cu! s
Height 58 in., 147.3 cm; Width 88½ in., 224.8
cm
PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 17th September 2008, lot
171.
$ 15,000-20,000
㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨㛓ġġġ啵䲿䲵暚漵䲳⎱㚵
Ը๕
䲸䲬Ἓ⢓⼿2008⸜9㚰17㖍炻䶐嘇171

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