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LATE 19TH CENTURY
Details
A BOLT OF BRILLIANT BLUE SILK SATIN
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Woven with damask decorative roundels of narcissus growing from rockwork, the end woven with ten characters reading, Zhe Hang Yue Chang Jin Ji ben ji xuan zhi, referring to the name of the workshop where the silk was woven, the silk of bright marine blue tone
236 x 31 in. (600 x 79 cm)
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Woven with damask decorative roundels of narcissus growing from rockwork, the end woven with ten characters reading, Zhe Hang Yue Chang Jin Ji ben ji xuan zhi, referring to the name of the workshop where the silk was woven, the silk of bright marine blue tone
236 x 31 in. (600 x 79 cm)
Provenance
Acquired by Frigate Captain Roman Junowicz during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 and subsequently taken to Austria.