A group of six silk clothing accessories
19th/20th century
Including two embroidered fan cases, one having polychrome decoration of birds on a flowering branch with the reverse bearing a poetic inscription, the other having gold and silver wrapped thread on a black reserve showing items from the scholar's desk below a lingzhi head, with woven blue and white edging; two pouches with applied silk decoration, the double gourd form of peony on a red ground, and the other of a heart shape with lotus on a navy ground; the fifth rectangular pouch of orange ground decorated with polychrome embroidery of birds and spotted deer; the sixth a rectangular pouch of bats and Buddhist Treasures on a peach reserve (fading and loose threads).
12 1/2in (32cm) length of fan case
Including two embroidered fan cases, one having polychrome decoration of birds on a flowering branch with the reverse bearing a poetic inscription, the other having gold and silver wrapped thread on a black reserve showing items from the scholar's desk below a lingzhi head, with woven blue and white edging; two pouches with applied silk decoration, the double gourd form of peony on a red ground, and the other of a heart shape with lotus on a navy ground; the fifth rectangular pouch of orange ground decorated with polychrome embroidery of birds and spotted deer; the sixth a rectangular pouch of bats and Buddhist Treasures on a peach reserve (fading and loose threads).
12 1/2in (32cm) length of fan case
Sold for
US$ 875
inc. premium
Lot heading
Property from the Collection of John and Eve Mahan, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Category: Asian Art
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