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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BERKELEY PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS 5045
COLLECTION A WOOD FLOOR SCREEN WITH
5043 EMBROIDERED SILK PANEL
20th century
5042 A MASSIVE RED SATIN PANEL The beige silk rectangular panel embroidered
A SET OF EIGHT KESI WOVEN SILK EMBROIDERED WITH THE THREE STARS in colors with cranes standing amid flowers
PANELS DEPICTING EACH OF THE OF HAPPINESS and pine branches on a river bank (fading,
EIGHT IMMORTALS Late Qing/Republic period foxing); set within a glazed hardwood
Late Qing dynasty Depicting Fu on the left, Lu at the center and frame supported on a pieced wood stand
Each scroll displaying a segment of a larger Shou on the right using various colors of silk with transverse feet, scalloped aprons and
continuous tableau depicting the panoply of threads and stitch techniques with couched spandrels.
deities holding their identifying implements gilt-wrapped threads outlining many details 26 /3/4 x 18in (68 x 45.7cm) sight dimensions
amid rocks, blossoming plants and lingzhi (fading, tears). of embroidery
fungi beneath pine boughs and peach- 90 x 37in (229 x 94cm) 37 1/4in (94.5cm) overall height of floor screen
laden branches, the red background and
other surfaces broadly either painted in pale US$2,000 - 3,000
washes, outlined in strong black ink strokes or US$800 - 1,200
intricately patterned in a bright colors; with silk
gauze and brocade borders. 5044
78 1/2 x 16 1/4in (199 x 41cm) dimensions of A PAIR OF RED SATIN PANELS PROPERTY FROM THE DR. SYLVAN AND
each image exclusive of brocade mounts EMBROIDERED WITH THE EIGHT FAITH GOLDER COLLECTION OF FINE
IMMORTALS CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES
US$15,000 - 25,000 Late Qing/Republic period 5046
Embroidered with colored threads in various
techniques and highlighted with gilt-wrapped A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED CIVIL RANK
A nearly identical set from the collection of the threads to portray each figure standing BADGES
Monterey Museum was offered in these rooms on a summary ground plane surrounded Late Qing/Republic period
as lot 8143 in sale 23416 of 28 June 2016. by flowers, bats and butterflies: one panel Each square intricately worked in minute
When the entire set is displayed next to each containing Lu Dongbin, Lan Caihe and Li counted stitches with bats, rocks, waves and
other in the correct order, the background of Tieguai above Han Xiangzi; the other panel a wanzi diaper pattern in the sky, then applied
those scrolls combine to form a continuous showing Zhongli Quan, Cao Guojiu, Zhang with a separately embroidered sun and a silver
landscape filled with numerous symbolic Guolao and He Xian’gu; each now mounted pheasant of the fifth civil rank worked en suite .
elements such as pine, peaches and lingzhi. on wood dowels for hanging (wear, fading). 8 1/4 x 8 7/8in (21.2 x 22.6cm) each
Useful for festive occasions, the easily stored 88 x 17 1/4in (224 x 44cm)
scrolls thus could quickly expand to fill a large US$1,000 - 1,500
celebratory space with a suitably auspicious US$1,000 - 1,500
atmosphere .

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