SILK EMBROIDERED 'IMMORTAL' PANEL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
£819
Auction: 12 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
清 杏地刺繡送子圖 立軸
depicting a female deity on top right accompanied by an attendant bestowing a son to a dignitary riding a sea mythical creature on crashing waves on lower left, further decorated with floral sprays, mounted as a scroll
Dimensions
69.7cm x 43cm
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Melrose; acquired in China in the 1940's when working for Shell, thence by descent.