A RARE GU FAMILY EMBROIDERED SILK PANEL
17TH-18TH CENTURY
A RARE GU FAMILY EMBROIDERED SILK PANEL 17TH-18TH CENTURY The golden-beige silk is finely embroidered with a scholar seated beside an attendant, whose face is turned towards another attendant holding the reins of a grazing horse. The whole is set in a landscape of grass and abstract clouds, in green, brown and pale cream threads picked out with blue, green and black paint. The upper section is inscribed with a hall mark possibly reading Hua yu tang , a poetic inscription, which expresses the wish to study diligently, achieve a high score at the exam, and to serve at the high court, followed by two seals which read hu tou (tiger head) and Qing bi zhai (bright green studio). 38 ½ in. (97.8 cm.) x 17 in. (43.1 cm.) framed and glazed
A RARE GU FAMILY EMBROIDERED SILK PANEL
17TH-18TH CENTURY
A RARE GU FAMILY EMBROIDERED SILK PANEL 17TH-18TH CENTURY The golden-beige silk is finely embroidered with a scholar seated beside an attendant, whose face is turned towards another attendant holding the reins of a grazing horse. The whole is set in a landscape of grass and abstract clouds, in green, brown and pale cream threads picked out with blue, green and black paint. The upper section is inscribed with a hall mark possibly reading Hua yu tang , a poetic inscription, which expresses the wish to study diligently, achieve a high score at the exam, and to serve at the high court, followed by two seals which read hu tou (tiger head) and Qing bi zhai (bright green studio). 38 ½ in. (97.8 cm.) x 17 in. (43.1 cm.) framed and glazed
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