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8102 Large and sumptuous hangings such as the present lot were made to
A VERY LARGE EMBROIDERED RED-GROUND SILK HANGING commemorate important family occasions such as major birthdays,
Daoguang period, dated to 1837 anniversaries or contributions to public service, the eye-catching red
The crimson silk gorgeously embroidered with a central panel with and gold display providing the focal point for the festivities. The present
a dedicatory inscription within a narrow border composed of bats, example is a particularly gorgeous combination of imposing dragons,
peaches and cloud scrolls, flanked by four of the Eight Immortals on Daoist and Buddhist references to long life including the Immortals,
each side, and Shoulao, four boys and two elderly figures carrying a Shoulao and peaches, and other symbols for happiness and wealth.
boy and a ruyi above, with cranes flying above a pagoda and dragons
emerging from waves below, all further surmounted by a large front- Compare two related red-ground hangings, one dated to 1750
facing four-clawed dragon flanked by eight smaller dragons emerging and the other to 1849, illustrated by R. D. Jacobsen, Imperial Silks:
from cloud scrolls at the topmost edge, the bottom edge with a qilin Ch’ing Dynasty Textiles in The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Vol. II,
flanked by two Buddhist lions and two makara with Daoist symbols, Minneapolis, 2000, pp. 978-981, nos. 485 and 486.
the sides each with a elaborate floral meander issuing the Eight
Buddhist Symbols, brown cotton lining.
174 3/4 x 137 3/4in (444cm x 350cm)
$5,000 - 7,000

清道光十七年(1837年) 紅緞繡群仙祝壽掛軸

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