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A SILK EMBROIDERED ‘COCKEREL’ Provenance: According to family history,
PANEL which is supported by family records
19th century illustrating the progress of British troops in
Finely embroidered on a cream-ground with a Beijing at the time, this lot was acquired by
cockerel, hen and chicks beneath a pine tree, a military attaché posted to Beijing at the
gazing up at a perched eagle, with a five-line time of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. He was
inscription, two red seals, rosewood frame, attached to the staff of Brigadier-General
glazed. 68cm (26 3/4in) x 125cm (49 1/2in) A.Gaselee, the commander of the British
contingent assisting in suppressing the Boxer
£1,000 - 1,500 Rebellion on behalf of the Imperial Court, as
HK$10,000 - 16,000 one of the Eight Allied Powers.
CNY8,800 - 13,000
399
Provenance: Purchased in the 1960s, and A SILK EMBROIDERED ‘DRAGON’ ROBE
thence by descent FRAGMENT
17th/18th century
398 Woven with a writhing dragon grasping a
A LARGE ‘DRAGON’ ALTAR FRONTAL flaming pearl, amongst cloud scrolls, Daoist
emblems and crashing waves above lishui,
Late Qing Dynasty framed and glazed.
Woven on each side in gold and coloured 85.5cm x 44cm (33.3/4in x 17.3/8in).
thread with a writhing dragon in pursuit of the
flaming pearl amongst clouds to the upper
register, above twelve vertical ‘dragon panels’ £800 - 1,200
and fringed lower border; together with a red HK$8,300 - 12,000
silk ground apron skirt. The hanging 84cm CNY7,100 - 11,000
(37in x 203.5cm (80.1/4in) excluding the
fringed border.

£800 - 1,200
HK$8,300 - 12,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000
399

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