Großer bestickter Behang aus Seide für ein Portal mit der Geburtstagsfeier der Xiwangmu - photo 1
Großer bestickter Behang aus Seide für ein Portal mit der Geburtstagsfeier der Xiwangmu - photo 2

Großer bestickter Behang aus Seide für ein Portal mit der Geburtstagsfeier der Xiwangmu

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12.06.2023 09:30UTC +02:00
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Nagel Auktionen GmbH
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ID 972722
Lot 464 | Großer bestickter Behang aus Seide für ein Portal mit der Geburtstagsfeier der Xiwangmu
A LARGE EMBROICERED SILK HANGING FOR A PORTAL DEPICTING THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF XIWANGMU - China, Qing dynasty, 18th/19th c. - Silk satin (dark blue), embroidery: silk (numerous colors), satin stitch. Faces glued on, from finely painted silk satin, beards partly with long hair. Lining, later added: blue silk. Machine sewn. The hanging consists of an embroidered frame. In the upper part central the Queen Mother of the West Xiwangmu surrounded by immortals, deer, cranes and pine trees. In the two side panels are shown the 'Eight Immortals'. In the lower part, which is now sewn to the back of the upper part, a palace in the waves with deer, flying cranes and a landscape. Peaches of immortality are scattered throughout the illustration. The faces are particularly elaborately made of the finest painted silk satin. The embroidery is very high quality and with amazing details. - From the estate of the collection of Consul General Dr. Karl Bernauer (1867-1929), collected in China between 1902 and 1915 - Cf. A hanging with similar figures, Jacobsen, R.: Imperial Silks, Minneapolis 2000, pp. 1018-1019, no. 304; A framed hanging, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. 29.79Traces of use, a bit faded, slightly discolored
282 x 212 cm
Seidensatin (Dunkelblau), Stickerei: Seide (zahlreiche Farben), Plattstich, Gesichter aus fein bemalter Satinseide, aufgeklebt, Bärte teils mit langen Haaren. Futter, später ergänzt: Blaue Seide. Maschinengenäht. Der Behang besteht aus einem Rahmen. Im oberen Teil ist die Königinmutter des Westens Xiwangmu umgeben von Unsterblichen, Hirschen, Kranichen und Kiefern. In den beiden Seiten sind die ‚Acht Unsterblichen‘ gezeigt. Im unteren Teil, der heute auf die Rückseite des oberen Teils genäht ist, ein Palast in den Wellen mit Hirschen, fliegenden Kranichen und einer Landschaft. Überall in der Darstellung finden sich Pfirsiche der Unsterblichkeit. Die Gesichter sind besonders aufwendig gefertigt aus feinst bemaltem Seidensatin. Die Stickerei ist qualitativ sehr hochwertig und mit erstaunlichen Details.
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