ID 432512
Lot 202 | A FINELY EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND SILK FOUR-PANEL SCREEN
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 20 000
19TH CENTURY
The dark blue ground of each panel is skillfully worked in couched gilt threads and coloured silks with figures at leisure in verdant garden settings with pavilions,ornamental rocks, lingzhi fungus, peonies, pine trees, prunus and bamboo. Each panel is further detailed with a variety of auspicious birds, animals and insects including deer, bats, cranes, butterflies, a kingfisher and a peacock. The intricately worked hongmu screen is supported on two carved stands.
Each panel 63 ¾ in. x 21 5/8 in. (162 cm. x 55 cm.)
| Applied technique: | Embroidery |
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| Medium: | Silk |
| Applied technique: | Embroidery |
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| Medium: | Silk |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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