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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. EMILIO
BASSINI
A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED SILK ‘FOUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS’ PANELS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
portraying two of the four accomplishments, one depicting
scholars playing the qin, the other with scholars at a game of
weiqi, the gures with robes accentuated with gold-wrapped
threads, attended by acolytes in a garden setting with peach-
laden branches, owering foliage and deer beneath rolling
clouds, bordered by bands of owers and bats, framed (2)
Height of frame 50⅛ in., 127.4 cm; Width 37½ in., 94.2 cm
$ 8,000-12,000
㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ⇢三檀⢓⚾㍃⯷ᶨ⮵
883
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
AN EMBROIDERED SILK ‘LONGEVITY’ PANEL
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
depicting Dongfang Shuo stealing the peach of immortality, the
gure’s long robes suspending a lingzhi pendant, the face with
a mischievous smile
Height of frame 26⅛ in., 56.3 cm; Width 19 in., 48.3 cm
$ 4,000-6,000
㶭⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġ⇢三㜙㕡㚼‟㟫⚾㍃⯷
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