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QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF PAINTED 'SILK APPLIQUE' PANELS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
One panel portrays a scene of flowering lotus detailed with an egret wading in water under the shade of a large lotus leaf and detailed with a pair of kingfisher birds, one in flight and the other perched on a waterweed, all against a painted silk ground. The other panel has chrysanthemum blooms growing beside begonia; it is detailed with a finch perched on a tree branch observing three butterflies in flight.
45 7/8 in. (116.6cm.) x 19 3/4 in. (50.1 cm.) (2)
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
One panel portrays a scene of flowering lotus detailed with an egret wading in water under the shade of a large lotus leaf and detailed with a pair of kingfisher birds, one in flight and the other perched on a waterweed, all against a painted silk ground. The other panel has chrysanthemum blooms growing beside begonia; it is detailed with a finch perched on a tree branch observing three butterflies in flight.
45 7/8 in. (116.6cm.) x 19 3/4 in. (50.1 cm.) (2)