Bonhams 1793 : A needlework picture English, 17th Century

English, 17th Century
The ivory satin silk ground embroidered in coloured silks with purle raised work enhanced with seed pearls, with King David and Bathsheba: in the centre, beneath a canopy of scrolling flowers, Bathsheba at her bath with attendants receives King David's letter while the King looks on from a palace roof top, to the right, the enthroned King is attended by an advisor, the ground worked with a sun shining on a landscape of trees, birds in flight and perched in a pear tree, a tulip, a carnation, honeysuckle, rose, iris, strawberries, pansy and other flowers, butterflies, squirrel, parrot, snail, cricket, rabbit, snails and insects, a leopard, to the lower left and a lion to the lower right,
54cm x 39cm (21 1/2in x 15 1/2in), framed and glazed

Sold for £6,000 inc. premium