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589 PROPERTY OF A LADY
112 SOTHEBY’S
A KESI TABLE FRONTAL
LATE MING / EARLY QING
DYNASTY

the rectangular panel centered by a woven
scene of a phoenix perched on a rock, the bird’s
plumage picked out in rust-red and shades of
blue and green, and couched thread accents,
with peonies, bamboo, lingzhi and wutong tees,
all against a sky of gold-wrapped threads, the
rectangular valance with a celestial landscape

anked by ruyi clouds and a pair of cranes, all
against a coral ground, each panel with borders of
gilt and blue kuilong on black ground, framed
Height excluding mounting panel 31½ in., 80 cm;
Width 39¾ in., 101 cm

$ 15,000-25,000

589

AN EMBROIDERED YELLOW
SILK ‘DRAGON’ THRONE-SEAT
CUSHION COVER FRAGMENT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
CENTURY

worked in satin stitch and couched gold-wrapped
threads, with ve-clawed dragons in pursuit of
‘ aming pearls’ amid clouds and bats, the central
dragon enclosed within a circular medallion
portrayed frontally, framed
Height 37 in., 94.1 cm; Width 37¾ in., 96 cm

PROVENANCE
Vallin Galleries, Wilton, Connecticut, 17th January
1988.

$ 10,000-15,000

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