• Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works  auction at Christies

    Sale 2389

    Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections

    New York

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    14 September 2009

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    Lot 108

    A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED YELLOW SATIN SQUARE ELBOW CUSHIONS

    19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 15,000

    Estimate

    USD 6,000 - USD 8,000

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    A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED YELLOW SATIN SQUARE ELBOW CUSHIONS
    19TH CENTURY
    Each of rounded square form, the sides embroidered in shades of reddish coral and blue with peony and aster roundels surrounded by bats and lotus and within borders of gold-wrapped thread, with some Peking knot details, all reserved on a yellow satin ground
    9 in. (23 cm.) square (2)

    Provenance

    William H. Wolff, Inc., New York, May 1965.

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