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LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF GOLD-GROUND KESI CHAIR COVERS
late 18th century
The gold ground woven with an upper register with a peach sprig, shou character and four bats in flight above a phoenix standing on rockwork with one leg, beneath cloud swirls and a leafy tree entwined with peony and bamboo, the lower register with a large single peony spray above a writhing dragon clambering up a mountain top immersed in a sea of crested waves in pursuit of a flaming pearl, all in multi-coloured kesi on gold ground, framed with stylised guei dragons
58 x 15 in. (148 x 39.4 cm.)
late 18th century
The gold ground woven with an upper register with a peach sprig, shou character and four bats in flight above a phoenix standing on rockwork with one leg, beneath cloud swirls and a leafy tree entwined with peony and bamboo, the lower register with a large single peony spray above a writhing dragon clambering up a mountain top immersed in a sea of crested waves in pursuit of a flaming pearl, all in multi-coloured kesi on gold ground, framed with stylised guei dragons
58 x 15 in. (148 x 39.4 cm.)