Lot Essay
The single cushion in this lot is very similar to an example illustrated in situ in Palaces of the Forbidden City, Chan Man Hung, ed., Beijing, 1982, p. 152
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THREE YELLOW-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK ELBOW CUSHIONS
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Comprising a pair of rounded square section, worked in satin stitch on all six faces with square panels of lotus roundels incorporating bats within similar borders, all picked out in shades of coral, blue, gray, and yellow on a bright yellow ground; and a single cushion of similar form, finely worked in satin stitch and couched gold threads with square panels of archaistic square spiral incorporating dragon's heads within foliate scroll borders, picked out in shades of blue, green, white and red on an Imperial yellow ground
Each approximately 9½in. (24.2cm.) across (3)
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Comprising a pair of rounded square section, worked in satin stitch on all six faces with square panels of lotus roundels incorporating bats within similar borders, all picked out in shades of coral, blue, gray, and yellow on a bright yellow ground; and a single cushion of similar form, finely worked in satin stitch and couched gold threads with square panels of archaistic square spiral incorporating dragon's heads within foliate scroll borders, picked out in shades of blue, green, white and red on an Imperial yellow ground
Each approximately 9½in. (24.2cm.) across (3)