Property from Various Owners
Two blue ground silk brocade fragments
Kangxi and Qianlong periods
The smaller fragment on a dark blackish-blue silk ground woven with four-clawed dragons facing a shou medallion beneath a flaming pearl, their bodies and the medallion worked in two shades of gilt-wrapped threads, with other details in faded blue, green, red and white threads; the larger fragment of two pieces joined vertically along the center to form a front-facing, five-clawed dragon surrounded by cloud scrolls woven in faded red, green, white and dark blue threads on a medium blue ground.
13 x 19 1/2in (33 x 49.5cm) and
19 1/4 x 23 1/2in (49 x 60cm)
The smaller fragment on a dark blackish-blue silk ground woven with four-clawed dragons facing a shou medallion beneath a flaming pearl, their bodies and the medallion worked in two shades of gilt-wrapped threads, with other details in faded blue, green, red and white threads; the larger fragment of two pieces joined vertically along the center to form a front-facing, five-clawed dragon surrounded by cloud scrolls woven in faded red, green, white and dark blue threads on a medium blue ground.
13 x 19 1/2in (33 x 49.5cm) and
19 1/4 x 23 1/2in (49 x 60cm)
Estimate:
US$ 5,000 - 7,000
£3,300 - 4,600
€3,900 - 5,400
£3,300 - 4,600
€3,900 - 5,400
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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