A KESI HANGING OF THE THREE STAR GODS

19TH CENTURY

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A KESI HANGING OF THE THREE STAR GODS
19TH CENTURY
Depicting the Three Star Gods, Shouxing, the god of Longevity, Fuxing, the god of Wealth and Luxing, the god of Health, each with his attribute including the peach, the crane, the deer and the ruyi sceptre, woven in gold and muted tones of blue, green, ochre and shades of orange all against a dark blue ground, the details of the facial features, the markings on the animals and the robes finely rendered in black and other pigments
66 x 29 in. (167.5 x 73.5 cm.), mounted as a hanging scroll

Lot Essay

Compare the embroidered pictorial hanging of the same auspicious subject illustration by R. Jacobsen, Imperial Silks: Ch'ing Dynasty Textiles in The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, vol. II, Chicago, 2000, pp. 1012-3, no. 501.

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