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PROPERTY FROM A NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIVATE greens on a rich gold-wrapped thread ground and
COLLECTION enclosed within a band of gold foliate scrollwork
A GOLD-EMBROIDERED ‘DRAGON’ embroidered on dark blue silk, framed
ALTAR FRONTAL FRAGMENT Height 27 in., 68.6 cm; Width 39 in., 99.1 cm
LATE MING DYNASTY PROVENANCE
Teresa Coleman, Hong Kong, 1980s.
the rectangular panel " nely embroidered with a
central frontal four-clawed dragon coiled around
$ 15,000-25,000
a ‘! aming pearl’, ! anked by scrolling clouds
emerging from auspicious emblems, a bell to ׼͋ Րᔐऎ˥Ϫ੢ථᎲᏕम७ࣲ੯ҷༀ
one side terminating in a large sun disc and a ન܈
conch shell to the other surmounted by a crackle-
glazed vase bearing fruiting peach boughs, all Ը๕
amid further stylized clouds and above roiling, Teresa Colemand࠰ಥd1980ϋ˾
cresting waves centered by pyramidal mountain
peaks, embroidered in white, varying blues and

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