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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MASSACHUSETTS COLLECTION
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AN EXTREMELY RARE DOUBLE-SIDED EMBROIDERED GREEN 馬塞諸塞州私人珍藏
SILK 'FLYING TIGER' BANNER 清康熙 綠地雙面繡飛虎旗
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
來源:
Each side of the flag is embroidered with a playful, muscular tiger standing
on his hind legs with both forelegs raised triumphantly with large red-spotted General Andre Walker Brewster (1862-1942年) 珍藏, 新罕布什爾州。
wings, all amidst boldly rendered vaporous clouds. The whole is worked in 展覽:
satin stitch in yellow, cream, pale orange, green and blue hues on a pale green 倫敦, Spink & Son, The Art of Textiles, 1989年12月6-20日。
silk ground within an embroidered orangish-red silk serrated 'flame' border.
奧馬哈, Joslyn博物館, Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections of a Dynasty
52Ω x 49Ω in. (133.4 x 125.7 cm.) overall
Through its Art, 2008年3月1日-5月31日。
出版:
$30,000-50,000
Spink & Son, 《The Art of Textiles》, 倫敦, 1989年, 頁43。
PROVENANCE:
General Andre Walker Brewster (1862-1942) Collection, New Hampshire.
Tigers with bat-like wings were associated with military personnel since
EXHIBITED: the mid-Ming dynasty, embellishing uniforms, robes and equipment.
London, Spink & Son Ltd., The Art of Textiles, 6-20 December 1989.
Omaha, Joslyn Museum, Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections of a Dynasty Flying tigers emblazoned military banners during the seventeenth and
Through its Art, 1 March-31 May 2008. eighteenth centuries. The beast was thought to have supernatural power,
which is symbolized by wings and shooting flames. The Huangchao liqi tushi
(Illustrated Precedents for the Ritual Paraphernalia of the Imperial Court),
LITERATURE:
Spink & Son Ltd., The Art of Textiles, London, 1989, p. 43. which was enforced in 1766, shows several similar flying tiger flags.