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ANOTHER PROPERTY

2064
AN APRICOT SILK BROCADE ‘DRAGON’ HANGING
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

The panel is woven with a central, quatrefoil-shaped
section comprising two four-clawed, front-facing dragons
clutching faming pearls amidst ruyi-form clouds on an
apricot silk ground.
54Ω x 107º in. (21.4 x 42.2 cm.)

$12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE:

Estate of James Coburn (1928-2002), Beverly Hills,
California.

A related large imperial yellow-ground silk brocade panel dated
to the Kangxi period (1662-1722), with a similar quatrefoil
motif of four-clawed dragons, was sold at Christie’s New York,
16-17 September 2010, lot 1073. Another similar panel, is
illustrated in Heavenly Splendour: The Edrina Collection of Ming
and Qing Imperial Costumes, Hong Kong, 2009, pp. 80-1,
no. 6, where it is noted the design is a continuation of the
Ming style of decoration on formal court robes.

清
黃地織錦開光雙龍戲珠紋掛屏