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A yellow ground kesi-woven silk throne seat cover
19th century
Of rectangular format with rounded corners organized as a central panel centered with a lotus flower and leaf pattern combined with bats and surrounded by further blossoms, leaves, bats and chevrons outlined in wrapped gilt threads with painted details on the polychrome threads defining the flower heads, bat wings and other motifs in the decoration, the various motifs then forming a wide border separated from the central panel by a band of couched gilt-wrapped threads.
39 1/2 x 51in (100 x 129.5cm)
Of rectangular format with rounded corners organized as a central panel centered with a lotus flower and leaf pattern combined with bats and surrounded by further blossoms, leaves, bats and chevrons outlined in wrapped gilt threads with painted details on the polychrome threads defining the flower heads, bat wings and other motifs in the decoration, the various motifs then forming a wide border separated from the central panel by a band of couched gilt-wrapped threads.
39 1/2 x 51in (100 x 129.5cm)
Sold for
US$ 5,250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- For a very similar example from the William E. Colby Collection, executed on a blue ground, see Robert D. Jacobsen, Imperial Silks: Ch'ing Dynasty Textiles in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Volume II (Art Media resources, 2000) pp. 858-859.
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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