AN VERY FINE AND RARE IMPERIAL YELLOW SILK BROCADE THRONE CUSHION

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AN VERY FINE AND RARE IMPERIAL YELLOW SILK BROCADE THRONE CUSHION
QIANLONG

The rectangular cushion woven in polychrome silk and gold thread to depict a central roundel enclosing a full-faced five-clawed horned dragon amid flames and clouds with a further four striding dragons, one at each corner, all reserved on a ground with stylized lotus pods and flower-heads within shaped interconnected panels
54 3/4 x 43 1/4in. (139 x 110 cm.), framed

Lot Essay

Compare the Imperial throne back with four dragons encircling a fifth central dragon reserved on the same ground design, also dated Qianlong, illustrated by R. Soame Jenyns and William Watson, Chinese Art, The Minor Arts II, pl. 31 and included in the Spink and Son, Ltd., exhibition, The Minor Arts of China IV, Catalogue, no. 150.

(US$13,000-20,000)

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