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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A LARGE BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK ‘HUNDRED
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BIRDS’ PANEL INSET INTO A WOODEN SCREEN
A PAIR OF SILK EMBROIDERED ‘HUNDRED BIRDS’ PANELS 19TH CENTURY
19TH CENTURY
The panel is embroidered with pairs of various birds, including peacocks,
Both panels are fnely embroidered in muted tones on a cream ground, one mandarin ducks, kingfsher, sparrows, a long-tailed bird, and magpies, all
depicts two cockerels in the foreground amongst peonies below two pairs of amongst blossoming peonies, magnolia, and lotus fowers and below insects
birds perched on a gnarled branch, and the other depicts two mandarin ducks, in fight. The panel is set into a wooden frame carved in openwork with leafy
a pheasant, a kingfsher, and a further pair of birds. angular scrolls, the stand is carved with lotus scrolls and stands on two
The silk, 22º in. (56.5 cm) long, framed and glazed
recumbent Buddhist lion feet.
(2) The silk, 43Ω in. x 28 in., (110.5 cm x 71.2 cm.), wood frame, glazed, and wood
stand
£6,000-8,000 $7,900-10,000
€6,700-8,900 £20,000-30,000 $27,000-39,000
€23,000-33,000
清十九世紀 粵繡百鳥圖掛屏一對
清十九世紀 石青地粵繡百鳥圖插屏

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