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A ‘HUNDRED BOYS’ SILK BROCADE DOUBLE PANEL A YELLOW GROUND ‘FIVE-DRAGON’ CARPET
19th/20th century Late Qing Dynasty
Each panel woven with rows of smiling boys at leisure, some holding The woven silk with a central forward facing blue dragon, encircled
fruit and flower sprays, beside recumbent stags and amongst pine by four writhing dragons turned to the central beast, amongst cloud
and blossoming trees, within key fret and swastika pattern borders, scrolls and above foaming waves, within a ruyi motif and lishui striped
beneath an upper panel of phoenix, dragons, peony sprays and finger border.
citron, all on an apricot coloured silk ground, within plain silk borders. 247cm x 161cm (97.1/4in) x 63.3/8in).
206cm x 212cm (81in x 83.1/2in).
£2,000 - 3,000
£800 - 1,200 CNY19,000 - 29,000
CNY7,700 - 12,000 HK$24,000 - 35,000
HK$9,400 - 14,000
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