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A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED SILK 清十八 / 十九世紀 刺繡仙人圖
‘LONGEVITY’ PANELS 掛屏一對
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
CENTURY

each colorfully embroidered with a continuous
scene of Daoist paradise, deities and acolytes,
some accompanied by deer and crane,
gathering in a balustraded terraced garden with
wutong, pine and fruiting peach trees issuing
from craggy rockwork, the landscaped dotted
with flowering plants and sprouting lingzhi, and
tables and stands displaying ‘precious objects’,
all on a salmon-colored ground, mounted as a
scroll (2)
Length 67½ in., 171.5 cm; Width 18 in., 45.7 cm
$ 20,000-30,000

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