Lot 252
252
A 'Thousand Buddha' hanging of yellow silk, embroidered in coloured silks with columns of domed cartouches, each enclosing nine seated Buddhas, the centre worked with a Shou character roundel flanked by a pair of dragons embroidered in couched gilt thread, some painted detail--141¾ x 110in. (360 x 280cm.), Chinese, late 18th/early 19th century, some wear to embroidery and splits to silk
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A 'Thousand Buddha' hanging of yellow silk, embroidered in coloured silks with columns of domed cartouches, each enclosing nine seated Buddhas, the centre worked with a Shou character roundel flanked by a pair of dragons embroidered in couched gilt thread, some painted detail--141¾ x 110in. (360 x 280cm.), Chinese, late 18th/early 19th century, some wear to embroidery and splits to silk

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A 'Thousand Buddha' hanging of yellow silk, embroidered in coloured silks with columns of domed cartouches, each enclosing nine seated Buddhas, the centre worked with a Shou character roundel flanked by a pair of dragons embroidered in couched gilt thread, some painted detail--141¾ x 110in. (360 x 280cm.), Chinese, late 18th/early 19th century, some wear to embroidery and splits to silk
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