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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
紳士藏品
Lots 67 - 68
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A KESI ‘SHOU’ PANEL A RARE SILK KESI ‘DRAGON’ PANEL Capable of flying high in the sky and diving
Wanli Wanli back in the sea, dragons were since the
The panel colourfully woven with a large The rectangular panel finely decorated with earliest phases of Chinese history seen as
shou character flanked by a pair of cranes a large front-facing dragon coiling around a intermediaries between Heaven and Earth and
in flight amidst scrolling clouds and above flaming pearl and emerging from turbulent regarded as vehicles transporting humans
rocks and turbulent waves, all reserved on waves interspersed with pointed rocks, all to immortal realms. According to the ‘Book
a brick-red ground. delicately woven in gold wrapped thread and of Songs’, compiled in the 3rd century BC,
90cm (35 3/8in) wide x 19cm (7 1/2in) long. shades of blue, coral, green, black and yellow, dragons represent victory over the forces of
framed and glazed. 92.5cm (36 3/8in) wide x darkness, cast light onto the Gate of Heaven
£2,500 - 3,500 62.5cm (24 5/8in) high. and allow one to glimpse the wondrous
CNY22,000 - 31,000 residence of immortal beings.
£4,500 - 6,000 A similar kesi ‘dragon’ panel, 17th century,
明萬曆 緙絲雙鶴捧壽 CNY39,000 - 53,000 with a gilt ground was sold at Christie’s South
Kensington, 11 November 2015, lot 610, and
Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 5 November 明萬曆 緙絲趕珠龍紋掛屏 a further kesi dragon panel, 17th century, as a
2008, lot 371 table frontal from the collection of Jean-Pierre
A European private collection Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 5 November Dubosc (1903-1988), was sold at Christie’s
2008, lot 372 Paris, 9 June 2015, lot 18.
來源：倫敦蘇富比，2008年11月5日，拍品 A European private collection
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歐洲私人收藏 來源：倫敦蘇富比，2008年11月5日，拍品
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歐洲私人收藏

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