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Three bolts of brocade-woven silk
Late Qing/Republic period
The first, and longest, of deep burnt orange ground, woven in polychrome
silk and fine silvery metal threads with a small-scale design of dragons
and clouds; the second woven with an orange and silvery metal thread
ground sprinkled with large-scale flowering branches worked in shades
of red, blue, white and green,; the third of olive green woven in fine silvery
metal threads with small scale phoenixes and flowering branches, the
base woven with the inscription Jiangnan zhizao chen qishi si.
291, 121 and 102in (739, 307 and 259cm) long
$2,000 - 3,000

Property from Another Owner

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A beige silk ground fan case with loop
stitch embroidery
Late Qing dynasty
Intricately worked in subtly colored silk and gilt-wrapped threads with
a bird and butterflies surrounding flowering branches on one side and
another butterfly and flowering branches combined with lingzhi fungus
and a grasshopper creeping toward orchids in bloom on the other side;
the pale celadon silk ribbon handle mounted with rose glass plaques.
17 3/4in (45cm) length overall
$1,000 - 1,500

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