£2,016
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 733
Auction: 16 May 2023 at 11:00 BST
清 墨地刺繡四品文官雲雀補子一套 鏡框(共兩件)
for the fourth-ranked civil officer, each depicting a bird standing on one foot on a rock issuing from ferocious crashing waves, enclosed by roundels of cranes, bats, and the Three Abundances motifs, against a blue embroidered key-fret ground, goldthread and further auspicious motif border, both in one frame
Provenance: Private English collection, London. Verso with a framer's label 'Sebastian D'orsai Ltd, Picture, Framers, Restorers & Gilders, 39 Theobalds Road London WC1 X8NW'