Lot Essay
Compare the current chair covers to two almost identical examples in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession numbers 62.97.44 and 62.97.45.
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18TH CENTURY
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A SET OF FOUR RED-GROUND SILK EMBROIDERED 'ELEPHANT' CHAIR COVERS
18TH CENTURY
Each cover is finely embroidered in coloured silk floss and couched gilt threads to depict a caparisoned elephant to the top register supporting a vase of auspicious objects on its back below a bat and shou character, and a Buddhist lion to the lower register, separated by a stylised lotus cartouche.
65 ¾ in. x 20 ½ in. (167 x 52 cm.)
18TH CENTURY
Each cover is finely embroidered in coloured silk floss and couched gilt threads to depict a caparisoned elephant to the top register supporting a vase of auspicious objects on its back below a bat and shou character, and a Buddhist lion to the lower register, separated by a stylised lotus cartouche.
65 ¾ in. x 20 ½ in. (167 x 52 cm.)
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Please note that this lot should be marked with a ~ symbol in the printed catalogue and requires a CITES license.
請注意此拍品該標上~記號,買家需申請「瀕危野生動植物種國際貿易公約」(CITES)牌照
請注意此拍品該標上~記號,買家需申請「瀕危野生動植物種國際貿易公約」(CITES)牌照
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