Lot 54
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RARE ET IMPORTANT PANNEAU EN SOIE TISSEE KESI
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RARE ET IMPORTANT PANNEAU EN SOIE TISSEE KESI

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE KANGXI (1662-1722)

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RARE ET IMPORTANT PANNEAU EN SOIE TISSEE KESI
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE KANGXI (1662-1722)
Représentant un paysage de montagnes, ces dernières de tailles et formes très variées, rehaussées de subtils tons de bleus, verts, roses et beiges, parcourues par une rivière coulant depuis le sommet en gracieuses cascades, en contrebas, des palais composés de pagodes aux toits gris et délimités par des enceintes constituent le point de départ d'un chemin sinueux passant par plusieurs villages pour atteindre un petit temple perché au sommet d'un pic entouré de nuages, le soleil rouge brillant dans le ciel or ; petites restaurations et tâches, marouflé sur toile
Dimensions sans le cadre: 176,5 x 129 cm. (69½ x 50¾ in.)
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A RARE AND IMPORTANT WOVEN SILK (KESI) PANEL
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Lot Essay

The decoration of the current kesi panel is very rare. As a matter of fact, it is quite unusual that the central motif be such graceful slender mountains woven in subtle tones of green, blue, grey and ochre. For a similar composition with mountains and trees, see a large kesi panel from the Qianlong reign, illustrated in Huang Neng-Fu, Complete Work of Chinese Arts - Craft Arts Section, vol.7, 'Printed, Dyed, Woven and Embroidered Fabric, Part 2, Beijing 1987, p.174, pl.173.
See also another 18th century kesi depicting rocks and stormy river with a golden sky and red sun on the background (very close to the present lot), illustrated in Huang Neng-Fu, Op. Cit., p.191, pl.186.

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