GROUP OF THREE PAINTED SILK GAUZE PANELS
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Auction: 21 June 2016 at 11:00 BST
£1,250
Description
comprising; a horizontal panel painted with a pair of pheasants flanking a central pot of peonies, 73cm high, 370cm long; a near-square panel cut into two halves, painted with butterflies amongst meandering scrolls of pomegranates and grapes, together 145cm high, 140cm long, all within scrolling flower borders (3)
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Edinburgh collection.
Note:
The horizontal panel bears an old label reading 'Brought back from China by the late Richard Staveley in 1780'.