THREE SILK EMBROIDERED WALL HANGINGS
QING DYNASTY-REPUBLIC PERIOD, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
£350
Auction: 13 May 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
清至民國 象牙白地刺繡人物故事 及 蝶戀花圖掛屏(三幅)
comprising: a pair of sleeve bands embroidered in mirrorred image with narrative figures on an ivory-coloured ground, framed and mounted on indigo cloth; a vertical embroidery depicting a lady carrying qin in a courtyard peeped by her maidservant over a door, reserved on an ivory-coloured ground, framed; and a circular panel embroidered with confronting butterflies in centre medallion surrounded by a flowers band and further by prominent lotus flowers band, framed
Dimensions
largest: 78cm high x 25.5cm wide
Footnote
Provenance: Private English collection, Isle of Wight