A YELLOW-GROUND 'PHOENIX' KANG COVER , LATE 19TH CENTURY | Christie's

Sale 6135

Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Chinese Export Art

London

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15 June 1999

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Lot 201

A YELLOW-GROUND 'PHOENIX' KANG COVER

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Price realised

GBP 6,325

Estimate

GBP 4,000 - GBP 5,000

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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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