PAIR OF SILK 'DRAGON' BANNERS
QING DYNASTY
£480
Auction: Japanese Works of Art
Description
of triangular form, each decorated with a gilt dragon chasing the flaming pear amongst swirling clouds on a green ground, within a flame-shaped red border (2)
Dimensions
97cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
The collection of Admiral William Heriot Maitland-Dougall (1819-1890), who served in the China station of the Royal Navy as a lieutenant. Thence by family descent.