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AN EMBROIDERED SILK APRICOT-
GROUND HANGING, A SILK ‘BUDDHIST
DEITY’ RED-GROUND ALTAR FRONTAL,
AND A BROWN VELVET-GROUND
EMBROIDERED FRAGMENT
Qing Dynasty
The apricot-ground hanging finely
embroidered in coloured silks with a central
medallion enclosing multi-coloured phoenixes
within a profusion of blossoming peonies, all
reserved on a ground of scrolling flowers and
leafy tendrils and within a border of further
blossoming flowers and foliage, 266cm (104
6/8in) x 262cm (103 2/8in); the red-ground
silk pleated altar front embroidered with
various Buddhas, 216cm (85in) x 110cm x
(43 2/8in); and the brown-ground velvet panel
embroidered with an elegant multi-storeyed
pavilion floating amidst tumultuous waves,
53cm (20 7/8in) x 78cm (30 6/8in). (3).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,100 - 14,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
清 杏黃地繡朝鳳紋大掛幅、紅地千佛桌幔、
及褐地江天樓閣圖繡片 一組三件
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A RARE AND MASSIVE STUCCO HEAD
OF GUANYIN
17th/18th century
The full fleshy face with downcast eyes
accentuated by wide arched eyebrows,
straight nose, plump pouty lips and subtle
double-chin, the forehead with a large circular
urna, all between long pendulous ears,
beneath neatly-dressed hair drawn up in a
high chignon secured by a high foliate crown
with a central Buddha Amitabha amidst
interlacing floral scrolls, metal stand.
95cm (37 1/2in) high. (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
十七/十八世紀 彩塑觀音頭像
See a related polychrome clay head of
Buddha with a crown, 15th century, in the Tsz
Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum, Hong
Kong, acc.no.2017.29.
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