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(US$2,500-5,000)
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A BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED AND PAINTED KESI DRAGON PANEL
19TH CENTURY
The main panel with a coiled dragon encircling a flaming pearl, above a pair of smaller dragons striding above turbulent waves, the ground densely decorated with bats, Buddhistic emblems and lotus flowers, the details picked out in embroidery and pigment, surmounted with an embroidered ivory-ground panel of stork medallions and magnolia blooms 65 x 31 1/2 in. (165 x 80 cm.), mounted and framed
19TH CENTURY
The main panel with a coiled dragon encircling a flaming pearl, above a pair of smaller dragons striding above turbulent waves, the ground densely decorated with bats, Buddhistic emblems and lotus flowers, the details picked out in embroidery and pigment, surmounted with an embroidered ivory-ground panel of stork medallions and magnolia blooms 65 x 31 1/2 in. (165 x 80 cm.), mounted and framed
(US$2,500-5,000)