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949
TWO BOLTS OF FINE SILK BROCADE
FABRICS
Late Qing/Republic period
The bright red fabric woven in blue, green,
purple, and other shades with rows of peony
and lotus blossoms amidst leafy scrolls,
the second of deep blue ground, lavishly
woven in various colors and metallic threads
with depictions of goldfish surrounding
aquatic centered with medallions of the
Eight Trigrams, separated by lotuses, leafy
melons, and swastika symbols; both woven
in gilt thread with the Zhengyuanxing Benji
Zhuangduan trademarks to the lower hems.
280 x 28 1/4in (7.1m x 71.8cm)
red ground brocade
260 x 30 1/2in (6.6m x 77.5cm)
blue ground brocade
$3,000 - 4,000

PROPERTY FROM A NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA GENTLEMAN
950
A PAIR OF WOOL ‘AUSPICIOUS
EMBLEMS’ PILLAR RUGS
949 Early 20th century
Each made as a mirror image of the other,
woven with a cluster of six flaming jewels
and the eight Buddhist auspicious emblems,
bajixiang, below emblems of four Daoist
immortals, all between a kirtimukha mask
flanked by a band of pearls at the top and a
cloud, wave and lishui border at the base.
69 1/2 x 33in (176.5 x 84cm)
$2,500 - 4,000

Provenance
acquired from Charlotte Horstmann Gallery,
Hong Kong in the 1980s.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE
COLLECTION
951
AN IMPERIAL YELLOW SATIN DRAGON
ROBE EMBROIDERED WITH FIVE
IMPERIAL SYMBOLS
19th century
Sewn together from uncut yardage, the
yellow ground displaying nine imperial dragons
in silver and gilt-wrapped threads amid
cloud scrolls, shou medallions and various
auspicious emblems worked in satin and
knotted stitches above the tall lishui border;
the five imperial symbols including the double-
line symbol fu and the ax head on the upper
front, the sun and the moon on opposing
shoulders and the fifth a depiction of the
seven-star dipper constellation divided into
three stars on the right and four stars on the
upper back; the present collar using pieces
of yellow satin from the uncut yardage with
modern red cloth lining and braid trim.
60 1/4in (153cm) long
$10,000 - 15,000
950

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