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The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品

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A VERY LARGE AND IMPERIAL MIDNIGHT-BLUE-GROUND
SILK EMBROIDERED ‘DRAGON’ PANEL
Kangxi
The rectangular panel finely embroidered with a powerful five-clawed
dragon featuring a sinuous body finely picked up in dense couched
gold thread and leaping above tumultuous waves in pursuit of a
partially-visible ‘flaming pearl’, surrounded by colourful wispy clouds,
all on a midnight-blue ground.
217cm (85 1/2in) x 93cm (36 1/2in).
£30,000 - 50,000
CNY270,000 - 440,000

清康熙 禦制藍地五爪龍紋壓金彩繡

Provenance: a Hong Kong private collection, late 1980s
John Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1990
An English private collection, 1994-2005
John Eskenazi Ltd., London, 2007
Christopher Bruckner Asian Art Gallery, London, 2007
A European private collection

Published and Illustrated: J.Eskenazi, Chinese Silk Textiles
from 14th-18th Century, Milan, February-March 1995
Hali, magazine issue 79, February / March 1995, pp. 58-59
Christopher Bruckner, Chinese Imperial Patronage: Treasures
from Temples and Palaces, London, 2005, no.33.

來源：香港私人收藏，二十世紀八十年代末
英國倫敦古董商，John Eskenazi Ltd.，1990年
英國私人收藏，1994-2005年
英國倫敦古董商，John Eskenazi Ltd.，2007年
英國倫敦古董商，Christopher Bruckner Asian Art Gallery，2007年
歐洲私人收藏

展覽著錄：意大利米蘭，J.Eskenazi，《Chinese Silk Textiles from
14th-18th Century》，1995年2月至3月
Hali雜誌第79期，1995年2/3月，58-59頁
英國倫敦，Christopher Bruckner，《Chinese Imperial Patronage:
Treasures from Temples and Palaces》，2005年，編號33

The powerful dragon on the present panel displays the extraordinary In style, the present embroidery closely compares with a silk hanging
weaving of the imperial workshops of the Qing dynasty. This panel of a full-faced dragon embroidered on a velvet panel, 17th century,
probably formed part of a very large imperial hanging that functioned illustrated in Heavens’ Embroidered Cloths. One Thousand Year of
either as a backdrop or curtain in one of the ceremonial halls within the Chinese Textiles, Hong Kong, 1995, no.9. Also compare with a similarly
Forbidden City. Brilliantly woven in gold and five-coloured silk threads, rendered dragon, Kangxi, illustrated in Weaving China’s Past. The Amy
the dragon features a shining face and scales that contrast with its S. Clague Collection of Chinese Textiles, Phoenix, 2000, no.22.
matte tongue, mane, and claw tips.

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