Sale 5497
London, South Kensington
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14 May 2010
Price realised
GBP 9,375
Estimate
A BANNER COMPOSED OF TWO BANDS OF PHOENIX CHINA, MID 19TH CENTURY embroidered with lively phoenix among lotus flowers, with a seawave beneath them, possibly originally from a canopy border, in a kinran frame 94 x 41in. (240 x 104cm.)
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