Lot 24

EMBROIDERED SILK 'HUNDRED BOYS' BANNER
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 15 May 2019 at 17:00 BST
£813
Description
brightly embroidered with fine details depicting a young boy dressed in official robes and mounted on a horse, surrounded by boys engaged in various pursuits including Buddhist lion dance, lighting firecrackers and playing cymbals and drums, set in a garden landscape with flowering trees and pavilions, all reserved against a rich orange-red ground
Dimensions
192cm long
Footnote
Provenance:
Private English collection.
