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AN EMBROIDERED AND PAINTED SILK PANEL TWO EMBROIDERY SILK PANELS
16th/17th century Late Qing/Republic period
Expertly embroidered in subdued colors depicting the Guanyin holding Each of vertical profile, the first embroidered on blue silk with
a young boy sitting in front of a bamboo grove, and next to a blue chrysanthemums, daisies, lingzhi mushrooms rising from rocks,
elixir vase, with another boy standing to the side of a female devotee with butterflies in flight; the second depicting a longevity theme,
carrying her offering in her both hands toward the Goddess of Mercy embroidered on a toned ground, displaying two cranes perching on
and Compassion, the upper left with a black ink inscription of a two- perforated rocks under a large fruiting peach tree, further decorated
line poem matching the embroidered theme, the right side with the with peonies and auspicious lingzhi plants; both framed.
colophon reading ‘Gu Xiangyuan xiu songzi Guanyin’ (Gu Xiangyuan 26 x 13 1/4in (66 x 23.6cm) excluding frame (2).
embroidery of the Guanyin, the Giver of Sons).
37 x 16in (94 x 40.5cm) excluding mounting and frame $1,500 - 2,000
$2,000 - 3,000

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A KESI-WOVEN SILK PANEL
Late Qing/Republic period
Woven on a blue ground in gold and soft-hued colors with pleasing
chrysanthemum sprigs and butterflies against a repeating swastika
pattern, with some painted details.
43 x 13 1/2in (109.3 x 34.2cm)

$1,000 - 1,500
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