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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT M. EDSEL
AN EMBROIDERED PALE YELLOW-GROUND
SILK KANG CUSHION COVER
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
the pale yellow satin ground with a blue rectangular panel
centering a medallion radiating stylized blooms with four
bats, the entire surface with a dense network of lush
flowerheads on fringed leafy scrolls, interspersed with bats
and auspicious emblems, all meticulously embroidered in
Peking knot in shades of coral, blue, purple, pink, and pale
green, framed
43 by 66½ in., 109.2 by 169 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 18th June 1980, lot 289.
Jacqueline Simcox Ltd., 2011.
Compare a pale yellow-ground cover, worked entirely in
Peking knot with a very similar floral scroll but centered nine
dragons, sold in these rooms, 21st September 2006, lot 13.
$ 15,000-25,000

清十九世紀 淺黃地繡花卉紋墊面
來源
紐約蘇富比1980年6月18日，編號289 822
Jacqueline Simcox Ltd.，2011年

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A RARE MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID DEMI-
LUNE TABLE (YUEYAZHUO)
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the D-form top with bamboo-style double-cushion molded
edge above a conforming apron of triple-cushion molding,
supported on three slender legs of quadrilobed section
joined by angular scroll brackets, the surface covered overall
with finely crushed flecks of mother-of-pearl on a black
lacquer ground
Height 34 in., 86.4 cm; Width 34 in., 86.4 cm; Depth 17 in.,
43.2 cm
PROVENANCE
C.T. Loo, New York (label).
Collection of Terence Stamp.
Sotheby’s New York, 16th March 2016, lot 287.

$ 8,000-12,000

清十八世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿月牙桌
來源
盧芹齋，紐約（標籤）
Terence Stamp 收藏
紐約蘇富比2016年3月16日，編號287
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