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Lot 8144

An embroidered hanging of Guan Yu
17th/18th century

28 June 2016, 12:00 PDT
San Francisco

US$5,000 - US$7,000

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An embroidered hanging of Guan Yu

17th/18th century
Embroidered in colorful threads upon a blue silk ground and mounted within brocade borders, depicting the Three Kingdoms hero and paragon of ethical rectitude in elaborate martial attire, holding his halberd at rest while tassels flutter in the breeze.
76in (193cm) total height of hanging
59 1/2in (151cm) height of blue silk

Footnotes

十八或十八世紀 藍緞繡關羽人物像掛帳

The depiction of Guan Yu here, including specifically the treatment of the tassels and the armor, is consistent with late Ming and Transitional bronze figures. For just one example see lot 234 in our New Bond Street showrooms in sale 20580 of 7 November 2013. However, embroideries of this type in the Palace Collection in Beijing are usually dated more recently to the Kangxi through Qianlong reigns. See Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji: 52 Zhixiu Shuhua [52 Embroidered Pictures: the Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum] (Hong Kong: The Commercial Press 2005). no. 58, p. 102 is one of several on a similar dark blue silk background, and no. 63, p. 117 is a somewhat similar depiction of the same deified historical figure.

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