Sale 6135
London
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15 June 1999
Price realised
GBP 6,325
Estimate
A YELLOW-GROUND 'PHOENIX' KANG COVER late 19th century Richly embroidered in the centre with a phoenix roundel amidst a dense pattern of wan, bats in flight and cloud swirls, all within a gold-wire rectangular frame and a flower meander, predominantly embroidered in blue, pink, yellow and silver silk thread on a yellow ground 47 x 58 in. (120 x 149 cm.)
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