A LARGE FINELY EMBROIDERED 'SHOULAO AND DEER' SILK HANGING

Lot 203
03.11.2020 14:00UTC +00:00
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£ 15 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 203 | A LARGE FINELY EMBROIDERED 'SHOULAO AND DEER' SILK HANGING
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
A LARGE FINELY EMBROIDERED 'SHOULAO AND DEER' SILK HANGING

18TH -19TH CENTURY

The panel is lavishly embroidered in coloured silks with a large central figure of Shoulao leaning on his staff and holding a peach, his long golden robes worked with a geometric design in couched-gilt metal threads and embroidered with blue shou roundels, a spotted deer to one side. The facial features and patterned robes all finely detailed.

55 ½ in. 27 1/8 in. (141 cm. x 69 cm.)

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