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    Sale 6135

    Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Chinese Export Art

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    15 June 1999

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    • A YELLOW-GROUND 'PHOENIX' KANG
    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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