A VERY RARE LARGE IMPERIAL YELLOW SILK BROCADE ‘DRAGON’ ALTAR COVER

Lot 852
20.09.2024 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1291274
Lot 852 | A VERY RARE LARGE IMPERIAL YELLOW SILK BROCADE ‘DRAGON’ ALTAR COVER
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$ 100 000 – 150 000
A VERY RARE LARGE IMPERIAL YELLOW SILK BROCADE ‘DRAGON’ ALTAR COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The altar cover has an original yellow silk label attached reading Dong pei an san hao (Number Three on the Eastern Side).
48 ¼ in. (122.6 cm.) high, 74 in. (188 cm.) wide, 40 ¾ in. (103.5 cm.) deep




Provenance

Major General John Heron Maxwell Shaw Stewart (1831-1908), and thence by descent.
Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd., London, 1999.
A Western private collection.
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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