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A set of four hanging embroideries Late Qing Dynasty image 1
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Lot 181

A set of four hanging embroideries
Late Qing Dynasty

Amended
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,000

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A set of four hanging embroideries

Late Qing Dynasty
Attractively embroidered in shades of grey, sepia and cream on a beige ground with tall land and river scapes, each 130cm x 38cm (51in x 15in); a smaller rectangular embroidery of butterflies and flowers, framed, overall 83cm (33½in) high; and another smaller with eight lion roundels, framed, overall 57cm (22¼in) high.
(4).

Footnotes

According to family tradition, the aunt of the present owner's father was a governess to the Emperor's Palace in China and fled at the time of the Boxer Uprising in 1900, bringing back with her these tapestries.

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Please note that there are six items in total in this lot.

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