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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE Compare a cushion cover with a similar central
COLLECTION dragon medallion but on a di! erent ground, and
AN IMPERIAL YELLOW SILK a throne back cushion cover of similar design,
both published in Robert D. Jacobsen, Imperial
BROCADE ‘DRAGON’ KANG CUSHION
Silks: Ch’ing Dynasty Textiles in The Minneapolis
COVER
Institute of Arts, vol. II, Minneapolis, 2000, cat.
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD nos 404 and 418. Two 18th century shaped
throne back covers of the same design and
Þ nely woven with a sinuous dragon in couched
technique are published in R. Soame Jenyns
gold thread clutching a ‘ß aming pearl’ at the
and William Watson, Chinese Art. The Minors,
center surrounded by a border of blue clouds,
II, London, 1993, pl. 31, and in The Minor Arts
the four corners each with a similar dragon in of China, Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1989, no.
proÞ le, all reserved on an elaborate lotus diaper
150. Examples nearly identical in design to the
ground worked in blue, orange, brown, green
present lot sold in these rooms, 25th October
and gold threads
1980, lot 124, and in our Paris rooms, 22nd
Length 52¼ in., 132.7 cm; June 2017, lot 139. See also a related example,
Width 41½ in., 105.41 cm
but with a cell and star diaper ground, that sold
at Christie’s New York, 15th September 2011,
lot 1238.
$ 20,000-30,000
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