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A KESI ‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ PANEL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

woven in shades of peach, gray and blue on an ochre ground,
depicting Xiwangmu descending on a phoenix to meet Shoulao,
the Eight Immortals and other Daoist deities amidst auspicious
peach trees, owering branches, lingzhi and rockwork, with a
crane ying above
Height 73 in., 185.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Grace Nicholson (1877-1948), Pasadena,
California.
Collection of Mina Merrill Prindle (1864-1963), Duluth,
Minnesota and Pasadena, California, acquired in 1925.

$ 4,000-6,000

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1098

A PAIR OF BLUE EMBROIDERED SILK
PANELS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each with birds, butter ies and owering branches amidst
foliage and rockwork, set between gural panels depicting
longevity and mythical scenes, bordered by a peony and bat
scroll, all in satin stitch with couched gold threads against a
navy blue ground (2)
Height 76¾ in., 195 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Sarah Pike Conger (1843-1932), Concord, New
Hampshire, acquired while living in China 1898-1905.
Milnor, Inc, Los Angeles, California, 1925.
Collection of Mina Merrill Prindle (1864-1963), Duluth,
Minnesota and Pasadena, California.

$ 6,000-8,000

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