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PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED IN
THE 1970S AND 1980S

英國私人珍藏，於1970年代及1980年代
購入

578

A YELLOW-GROUND EMBROIDERED
CUSHION SECTION MOUNTED AS A TABLE
SCREEN
CIRCA 1800

The cushion face is decorated with a gilt-couched
panel enclosing an embroidered central peach roundel
surrounded by scrolling lotus. The outer border is
decorated with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang,
amongst lotus scrolls.
33 in. (83.8 cm.) wide, including wood frame

£700-1,000 $1,100-1,400
€890-1,300

約1800年 黃地錦繡八吉祥紋坐墊

578 579

579 A BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK
COVERLET
188 CANTON, CIRCA 1800

The coverlet is embroidered with a central roundel
enclosing a pair of Buddhist lions playing with a brocade
ball surrounded by phoenixes, birds and butterfies
amongst fowers and lingzhi fungus. The four corners are
each decorated with a Buddhist lion.
81¿ x 88Ω in. (206 x 225 cm.)

£1,200-1,800 $1,800-2,600
€1,600-2,300

約1800年 粵繡藍地雙獅戲球紋掛蓋

VARIOUS PROPERTIES

580

A GROUP OF THREE SILK BROCADES
AND FOUR APPLIQUES
19TH-20TH CENTURY

The group comprises: a red and green-ground silk
cover embroidered with chrysanthemum scroll; a
blue-ground cover embroidered with stylised foral and
geometric panels; and a midnight-blue-ground silk
cover embroidered with a central panel of Buddhist lions
surrounded by cranes, birds, hares and various fowers; a
pair of embroidered peony and phoenix appliqués; and a
pair of embroidered peony and butterfies appliqués.
The largest 78æ x 176¡ in. (200 x 448 cm.)

(7)

£1,000-2,000 $1,500-2,900
€1,300-2,500

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Dr Richard Brown, a Canadian doctor and
missionary who purchased them as he travelled and
worked across Asia in the 1930s and while working with
Dr. Norman Bethune (1890-1939) in China.
The pieces were purchased from his widow, Elsa Brown
by the vendor’s mother and grandmother.

十九／二十世紀初 織品一組七件
來源：於1930年代加拿大醫生Richard
Brown購自中國