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PROPERTY OF ANOTHER OWNER
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A MASSIVE YELLOW-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK ‘DRAGON’
ALTAR FRONTAL
Late Qing dynasty
The long horizontal panel embroidered in gold-wrapped threads and
polychrome silk stitches against a rich yellow ground, dominated by
three mighty five-clawed dragons contesting flaming pearls, the central
dragon writhing in a frontal pose, the other two bounding towards the
center, all surrounded by ruyi-cloud scrolls, bats, and the bajixiang
above mountains emerging from waves, lishui stripes at the bottom,
across the top a separately woven navy silk band embroidered with
three gold ‘shou’ roundels and bats in flight amidst clouds, all set
within a blue brocade border, synthetic gauze backing.
48 1/2 x 123 1/2in (123 x 313.8cm)
$5,000 - 7,000
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