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The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品
Lots 129 - 130

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A KESI ‘SHOU’ PANEL A RARE SILK KESI ‘DRAGON’ PANEL Capable of flying high in the sky and diving
Wanli Wanli back in the sea, dragons were since the
The panel colourfully woven with a large The rectangular panel finely decorated with earliest phases of Chinese history seen as
shou character flanked by a pair of cranes a large front-facing dragon coiling around a intermediaries between Heaven and Earth
in flight amidst scrolling clouds and above flaming pearl and emerging from turbulent and regarded as vehicles transporting humans
rocks and turbulent waves, all reserved on waves interspersed with pointed rocks, all to immortal realms. According to the ‘Book
a brick-red ground. delicately woven in gold wrapped thread of Songs’, compiled in the 3rd century BC,
90cm (35 3/8in) wide x 19cm (7 1/2in) long. and shades of blue, coral, green, black and dragons represent victory over the forces of
yellow, framed and glazed. darkness, cast light onto the Gate of Heaven
£6,000 - 10,000 92.5cm (36 3/8in) wide x and allow one to glimpse the wondrous
CNY53,000 - 89,000 62.5cm (24 5/8in) long. residence of immortal beings.

明萬曆 緙絲雙鶴捧壽 £10,000 - 15,000 A similar kesi ‘dragon’ panel, 17th century,
with a gilt ground was sold at Christie’s South
CNY89,000 - 130,000 Kensington, 11 November 2015, lot 610, and
Provenance: Sotheby’s London, a further kesi dragon panel, 17th century, as a
5 November 2008, lot 371 明萬曆 緙絲趕珠龍紋掛屏 table frontal from the collection of Jean-Pierre
A European private collection Dubosc (1903-1988), was sold at Christie’s
Provenance: Sotheby’s London, Paris, 9 June 2015, lot 18.
來源：倫敦蘇富比，2008年11月5日， 5 November 2008, lot 372
拍品編號371 A European private collection
歐洲私人收藏
來源：倫敦蘇富比，2008年11月5日，
拍品編號372
歐洲私人收藏

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