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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT CALIFORNIA FAMILY
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A MASSIVE SILK KESI ‘THREE KINGDOMS’ PANEL
Late Qing dynasty
Rectangular and of vertical orientation, framed and glazed, depicting
scenes from Sanguo Yanyi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) arranged
in two horizontal registers and bordered by a blue ground, the upper
register depicting a battle outside a city wall, the lower, larger register
showing Zhuge Liang and others engaged in battle.
82 1/2x 57 1/4in (207 x 145.5cm)
$6,000 - 8,000
Compare related kesi panels of similar scale, period, and also
illustrating Romance of the Three Kingdoms sold at Christie’s, Paris, 15
December 2010, lot 178, and Christie’s, London, 8 December 1986,
lot 174.
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