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A VERY LARGE RED SILK EMBROIDERED ‘IMMORTALS’ PANEL                     A RED GROUND FELT WALL HANGING
Late Qing/20th century                                                  19th/20th century
Brightly embroidered with a central figure of Shoulao seated upon       Woven in varying tones of blue and white with a continuous design of
a stag and holding a peach, his head raised to look at a bat, a boy     scrolling, entwined lotus, peony and chrysanthemum blooms, borne on
attendant, perched on his back, holding a dragon form staff, bearing    leafy stems, within angular, linear motif panels to the centre.
a gourd and lotus stem, a further boy striding at the front, holding a  137cm (54in) x 296cm (116.1/2in).
tasselled pendant, suspended from the Immortal’s robes.
354cm x 188cm (139.1/2in x 74in).                                       £800 - 1,200
                                                                        CNY7,700 - 12,000
£3,000 - 5,000                                                          HK$9,400 - 14,000
CNY29,000 - 48,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000

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