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(US$3,500-4,000)
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A PAIR OF SILK BROCADE CHAIR PANELS
18TH CENTURY
Each finely woven in delicate shades of blue, green, pink, coral, cream and gold with a fierce four-clawed dragon and flaming pearl above a floral and butterfly medallion, all between rectangular panels of a shou lantern and a pavillion flanked by Buddhistic lions rising from crashing waves, highlighted with gold and silver thread and reserved against a golden ground of cloud whisps and bats (some wear, minor repairs)
63 x 19 1/2 in. (160 x 49.5 cm.)
(one illustrated) (2)
18TH CENTURY
Each finely woven in delicate shades of blue, green, pink, coral, cream and gold with a fierce four-clawed dragon and flaming pearl above a floral and butterfly medallion, all between rectangular panels of a shou lantern and a pavillion flanked by Buddhistic lions rising from crashing waves, highlighted with gold and silver thread and reserved against a golden ground of cloud whisps and bats (some wear, minor repairs)
63 x 19 1/2 in. (160 x 49.5 cm.)
(one illustrated) (2)