Lot 24

EMBROIDERED SILK 'CATCHING BUTTERFLIES' PANEL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Auction: 8 November 2017 at 17:00 GMT
£2,125
Description
depicting a young lady, possibly Xue Baochai from the 'Dream of the Red Chamber', catching a pair of butterflies with a male attendant, beside a young couple, possibly Jia Baoshu and Lin Daiyu, courting beneath a tree in front of a pavilion, the lower right corner inscribed with 'Jing', framed and glazed
Dimensions
67x49cm (sight)
