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Lot 179
A large kesi silk fragment Ming Dynasty
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13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Ming Dynasty
The long fragment depicting at the centre a seated official, flanked by attendants and ministers, surrounded on either side by a battle scene showing military figures mounted on horseback and brandishing weapons, all woven in threads of blue, red, orange and mustard-yellow silk against a gold threads ground, framed and glazed.
Overall 46.9cm x 174.2cm (18½in x 68½in).
The long fragment depicting at the centre a seated official, flanked by attendants and ministers, surrounded on either side by a battle scene showing military figures mounted on horseback and brandishing weapons, all woven in threads of blue, red, orange and mustard-yellow silk against a gold threads ground, framed and glazed.
Overall 46.9cm x 174.2cm (18½in x 68½in).
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Please note that the date for this lot should read late Qing Dynasty














