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This rare silk hanging was probably part of an
Imperial curtain hanging, which would have graced
the halls throughout the palaces. These type of
hangings were decorated with the same colour
palette and celestial diagrams as the court robes
worn by the emperors and their immediate family
members. A similar Imperial curtain hanging from
the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, is illustrated by
R.Jacobsen, Imperial Silks: Ch’ing Dynasty Textiles
in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis,
2000, pp.956-957.

Compare with a related but smaller pair of hangings,
Qianlong (each 194.5cm long), which was sold at
Christie’s Paris, 11 June 2014, lot 278.

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