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A KESI ‘IMMORTALS’ PANEL
Late Qing dynasty
Woven and richly detailed with ink and
pigments to depict a scene of Daoist
immortals and deities on Penglai Island
making their way up a terrace built on
rocks and surrounded by trees, to welcome
Xiwangmu as she descends on a phoenix
with her attendants, while Magu arrives
on her raft bring longevity wine, all below
a crane in flight, Kuixing and bats above,
mounted.
70 1/4 x 36 1/4in (178 x 92cm)
$15,000 - 20,000
清末 緙絲加彩群仙賀壽圖
Provenance
Previously in the collection of Charles Vignier
(1863-1934), by repute
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