AN EMBROIDERED IMPERIAL YELLOW SILK THRONE CUSHION

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AN EMBROIDERED IMPERIAL YELLOW SILK THRONE CUSHION
QIANLONG

Of rounded rectangular form with lobed top edge, finely worked in satin stitch and couched gold threads with a large central double gourd decorated with floral cell pattern, superimposed on a dense ground of flowering gourd vine interspersed with bats, all within couched borders echoing the shape of the cushion and picked out in shades of green, gold and blue against a golden yellow ground, the sides similarly embroidered and with yellow silk brocade backing
27½in. (69.8cm.) high

拍品专文

The embroidery of double gourds on this cushion is unusual, although the theme of double gourds in the Qianlong period is quite common and seen as decoration on many media including porcelain, enamel wares and jades. Most cushions of this type are decorated with stylized floral and geometric motifs, as are several examples shown in situ in the Forbidden City, illustrate. See Yu Zhouyun, Palaces of the Forbidden City, Hong Kong, 1982, pp. 99, 152 and 159