Lot 28
LARGE SILK EMBROIDERED WALL HANGING
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 5 November 2020 at 14:00 GMT
£688
Description
清 紫地刺繡郭子儀祝壽圖大掛幅
embroidered with the scene of the birthday reception for General Guo Ziyi, the attendees spreading across in a symmetrical order with cranes and a deer, some costumes and outlines refined and decorated with gold threads in couching stitch, all faces very finely painted, all on a purple silk ground
Dimensions
185cm x 110cm
Footnote
Provenance: Private Scottish collection, acquired from Phillips, 1997, with original receipt.