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PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND PRIVATE COLLECTION ANOTHER PROPERTY
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AN IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED YELLOW SILK CUSHION A RARE LARGE CHINESE EXPORT EMBROIDERY
COVER 17TH CENTURY
19TH CENTURY The panel is woven on a metallic ground with a central medallion of two
The cushion has a lobed upper edge, and is worked in satin stitch in phoenixes encircling a peony with details picked out in Peking knot, all
shades of blue, pink, red and gold with a pair of conjoined foliate scroll encircled by Buddhist lions playing with beribboned brocade balls. The
dragons confronted on a shou medallion, within a gold thread border exterior borders are densely woven with long-tailed birds, qilin, horses,
surrounded by scrolling lotus sprays issuing from angular scrolls, with tigers, deer, butterflies, peonies, and lingzhi.
lotus meander on the sides. 81√ in. (208 cm.) x 88Ω in. (225 cm.)
27æ in. (70.5 cm.) x 27Ω in. (69.8 cm.)
$10,000-15,000
$8,000-12,000
十七世紀 外銷牡丹紋織繡
PROVENANCE:
Christie's New York, 24 March 2004, lot 25.

清十九世紀 御製黃地繡纏枝蓮團壽字紋墊套
來源:
紐約佳士得, 2004年3月24日, 拍品25號。