Lot 78

MASSIVE EMBROIDERED THEATRICAL HANGING
LATE QING DYNASTY

Auction: 20 March 2018 at 11:00 GMT
£1,875
Description
possibly used as a stage backdrop for Peking opera performances, elaborately worked in polychrome silk threads and animal hair on a red wool ground to depict a battle amongst three martial figures, one shown seated atop a writhing dragon whilst the second is mounted on a tiger and the third is standing upon turbulent waves
Dimensions
190x300cm
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Scottish collection.
Note:
For a very similar piece, see the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 59.190.
