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ANONYMOUS (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
LEISURELY LIVES OF THE ELDERS
Album of eight leaves, ink and colour with gold on silk
Each leaf measures 28.8 x 22.2 cm. (11 1/3 x 8 3/4 in.)
Each leaf with a corresponding side of an Imperial poem, written in clerical script calligraphy on glod-flecked paper painted with floral patterns
Front and back covers of the album bound with kesi of a confronting dragons around a flaming pearl pattern of gold thread on blue ground
LEISURELY LIVES OF THE ELDERS
Album of eight leaves, ink and colour with gold on silk
Each leaf measures 28.8 x 22.2 cm. (11 1/3 x 8 3/4 in.)
Each leaf with a corresponding side of an Imperial poem, written in clerical script calligraphy on glod-flecked paper painted with floral patterns
Front and back covers of the album bound with kesi of a confronting dragons around a flaming pearl pattern of gold thread on blue ground