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LOT 2325

Chinese Silk Embroidery with Figures

19TH CENTURY A.D.

34 7/8 x 27 3/4 in. (319 grams, 88.5 x 70.5 cm).

Rectangular silk fabric panel with embroidered scene of two potentates standing wearing long robes, each supporting a balustered vessel in one hand; applied borders with discoid and heganal studs with tinned central panel; mounted on a later fabric backing with suspension fittings.

Provenance

From an early 20th century collection, Paris, France.
Exhibited at the Silk Road Exhibition, Piccadilly, London W1, held in 2001.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

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LOT 2325

Chinese Silk Embroidery with Figures

Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)

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