Sale 7803
London, South Kensington
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21 November 1997
Price realised
GBP 253
Estimate
An embroidered hanging, worked in couched silks with a peacock perched on a rock beneath a mon, 19th century, Japanese See Illustration
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Specialist Sarah Reynolds highlights the sumptuous work of the Pre-Raphaelites’ second and third generations
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife