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                                                                                   A SILK EMBROIDERY ‘DUCKS AND LOTUS
                                                                                   POND’ PANEL

                                                                                                                 QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

                                                                                       The rectangular panel is embroidered with a pair of mandarin
                                                                                       ducks swimming in a lotus pond below a rectangular seal
                                                                                       impression and a later inscription dated to Wanli yiwei year (1595),
                                                                                       mounted on silk scroll.
                                                                                       48Ω in. (123.1 cm.) x 13¡ in. (34 cm.)

                                                                         HK$80,000-120,000US$11,000-16,000

                                                                 清  蓮池鴛鴦圖繡幅

                                                                                                                     The Property of an Asian Collector

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                                                                                   AN IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED BLUE-
                                                                                   GROUND DRAGON ROBE, JIFU

                                                                                                                 QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

                                                                                       The blue ground is worked in couched gold threads on the
                                                                                       front and back with five-clawed mang dragons interspersed with
                                                                                       cranes, lotuses, bats and Daoist Emblems, above the terrestrial
                                                                                       diagram tossed with the Eight Buddhist Emblems and lishui stripe
                                                                                       at the hem, all picked out in shades of blue, purple, yellow and
                                                                                       turquoise, with matching black collar and cuffs worked with
                                                                                       further marching dragons, and faintly corded sleeve extensions.
                                                                                       81¿ in. (206 cm.) wide x 55º in. (140.5 cm.) long

                                                                         HK$150,000-200,000US$20,000-26,000

                                                                 清十九世紀  藍地繡金龍彩雲紋吉服

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