Lot Essay
Compare a textile with a similar subject included in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, The Crafts, vol 7, Textiles, pl. 174
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A LARGE KESI LANDSCAPE PANEL
18TH CENTURY
Woven and inked in pale polychrome shades to depict a panoramic view of an ideal agrarian scene showing many farm labourers harvesting and threshing rice, the horizon with hills, the fields surrounding various trees and enclosed buildings, all beneath a central poetic inscription by the contemporary Emperor romantically relating the activities illustrated (faded)--31½in. (80cm.) x 48in. (122cm.), glazed and framed
18TH CENTURY
Woven and inked in pale polychrome shades to depict a panoramic view of an ideal agrarian scene showing many farm labourers harvesting and threshing rice, the horizon with hills, the fields surrounding various trees and enclosed buildings, all beneath a central poetic inscription by the contemporary Emperor romantically relating the activities illustrated (faded)--31½in. (80cm.) x 48in. (122cm.), glazed and framed