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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AUSTRALIAN COLLECTION

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AN EMBROIDERED YELLOW KANG COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

The yellow satin is fully embroidered in floss silk with meandering
peony sprays interspersed with narcissus, lingzhi sprigs, bats
suspending wan symbols and pairs of peaches within a central
rectangular border of interlocking scrolls repeated at each corner.
The cover is worked out in shades of white, blue, green and ochre,
with a golden yellow silk lining woven with quatrefoil cloud designs.

89 x 51 in. (227 x 130 cm.)

HK$80,000-150,000 US$11,000-19,000

PROVENANCE

Collection of Madame Christian Rowe Thornett, sold at F.R.
Strange, Sydney, 31 May 1972, lot C15

Madame Christian Rowe Thornett was the daughter of successful
tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist Sir Hugh Dixon and Lady
Emma Elizabeth Dixson nee Shaw (1844-1922). See footnotes to
previous lots 3372 and 3373 from the same collection.

This panel is replete with wishes for longevity, as the lingzhi
sprigs, bats, wan symbols and pairs of peaches are all symbols of
longevity. These symbols combine with peony may suggest fugui
changshou, ‘May there be wealth and longevity’.

清十八世紀 明黄地緞繡富貴福壽炕床被面

來源
此品源自 Christian Rowe Thornett 夫人舊藏，後1972年5月31日
於雪梨FR Strange拍賣，拍品C15號

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A SET OF 648 CHRISTIE’S 240 (part 局部)
AUCTION CATALOGUES
Comprised of 648 auction catalogues by 191
Christie’s London, New York, Amsterdam,
Scotland and South Kensington spanning
from 1930 to 1989, including various
categories such as Chinese ceramics and
works of art, Chinese snuff bottles, Chinese
paintings, Japanese art, and English
furniture.(648)

HK$80,000-150,000
US$11,000-19,000

佳士得圖錄共648冊
包含648冊佳士得倫敦、紐約、阿姆斯特
丹、蘇格蘭、南肯辛頓圖錄，橫跨1930
至1989年，函蓋不同範疇包括中國瓷器
及藝術品、中國鼻煙壺、中國書畫、
日本藝術及英國家具等。

END OF SALE