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AFTER CHEN MEI (CIRCA 1694-1745)
Ladies in a Garden
Eight panels, mounted for framing, ink and color on silk, one panel
bearing a signature of Chen Mei.
90 x 18 1/4in (228.6 x 46.3cm), each panel
$8,000 - 12,000
仿陳枚(circa 1694-1745) 仕女圖八幅 設色絹本 鏡心
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AN EMBROIDERED SILK LANDSCAPE PANEL
18th century
Delicately worked in silk floss, depicting a scholar seated among rocks
at the base of a stand of gnarled pine and bamboo, gazing upon a
deer, while a crane soars through mists above, the figure and his robes
rendered with exceptional detail, the panel now framed and glazed.
34 x 17 1/2in (86.5 x 44.5cm)
$6,000 - 8,000
十八世紀 刺繡祝壽圖掛屏
In Chinese iconography, deer and cranes both symbolize longevity,
and so it is likely that this panel was originally intended as a birthday
gift. See a silk figural silk panel with remarkably similar workmanship,
technique and design, depicting the Three Stars of Happiness among
pines and taihu rocks, sold in our San Francisco rooms, 17 December
2013, sale 21033, lot 8264. A further related silk embroidered panel,
depicting a herd of deer at a river bank, was sold in these rooms, 14
September 2015, sale 22461, lot 8104.
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