Lot 1924
1924
A KESI ALBUM LEAF MOUNTED AS A SCR0LL
TEXTILES FROM THE COLLECTION OF LINDA WRIGGLESWORTH
A KESI ALBUM LEAF MOUNTED AS A SCR0LL

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A KESI ALBUM LEAF MOUNTED AS A SCR0LL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

The finely worked kesi silk album leaf depicts a bird on a bough of a flowering magnolia tree, woven in subtle tones of grey, pink, ivory and blue, the subtle shading of the magnolia petals and the stippled turquoise moss on the branches particularly finely detailed
12½ x 10 3/8 in. (31 x 26.5 cm.), mounted as a hanging scroll

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Compare a kesi album leaf with similar magnolia flowers, dated to the Qianlong period, illustrated in Zhixiu Shuhua, Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Zhenpin Quanji, Embroidered Pictures, the Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2005, pl.96.1.

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