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A BLUE GROUND SILK GAUZE BROCADE DRAGON ROBE A KESI-WOVEN SILK PANEL MOUNTED AS A HANGING
Late Qing dynasty SCROLL
Woven in white and bright colors with clouds, auspicious emblems Depicting a battle scene taking place in a mountain pass woven in
and shou medallions while the dragons and the tall lishui border are rich colors on a dark beige silk ground with some painted details
defined in fine gilt-wrapped threads; the long sleeves, cuffs and collar (minor surface soiling, old tears laid down); now mounted as a
bands woven en suite on a black ground. hanging scroll with golden yellow cloth borders.
54 1/2in (138.5cm) long 52 1/2 x 31 1/2in (133.5 x 80cm) dimensions of silk panel

US$1,500 - 2,500 US$800 - 1,200

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AN EMBROIDERED CHESTNUT GROUND SILK CHAIR COVER, A LARGE EMBROIDERED SILK HORIZONTAL PANEL
KAOBEI Late Qing/Republic period
Qianlong or Jiaqing period Worked in bright colors and gilt-wrapped threads to portray Shoulao
Worked in couched-gilt and brightly colored silk threads with an riding a crane amid beasts and bats arranged between reserve
elephant with a flower branches in a vase on its back beneath panels in a narrow band above larger birds, a frog and a duck
auspicious clouds, all above a ruyi-shaped cartouche with gourd vines interspersed with larger vases of flowers and precious objects (wear,
and butterflies, below a scholar’s rock with fruiting branches and a some losses colored threads).
lishui border. (framed and glazed) 34 1/4 x 69 1/4in (87 x 176cm)

US$2,000 - 3,000 US$2,000 - 3,000

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