Live Auction 3767Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
AN APRICOT SILK BROCADE 'DRAGON’ HANGING
Lot 2064ANOTHER PROPERTY

AN APRICOT SILK BROCADE 'DRAGON’ HANGING

QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

Closed18 September 2015

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AN APRICOT SILK BROCADE 'DRAGON’ HANGING
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The panel is woven with a central, quatrefoil-shaped section comprising two four-clawed, front-facing dragons clutching flaming pearls amidst ruyi-form clouds on an apricot silk ground.
54 ½ x 107 ¼ in. (21.4 x 42.2 cm.)

Estate of James Coburn (1928-2002), Beverly Hills, California.

Specialist note

A related large imperial yellow-ground silk brocade panel dated to the Kangxi period (1662-1722), with a similar quatrefoil motif of four-clawed dragons, was sold at Christie’s New York, 16-17 September 2010, lot 1073. Another similar panel, is illustrated in Heavenly Splendour: The Edrina Collection of Ming and Qing Imperial Costumes, Hong Kong, 2009, no. 6, pp. 80-1, where it is noted the design is a continuation of the Ming style of decoration on formal court robes.