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Auction archive: Lot number 117

Two rare kesi 'dragon' chair's covers Late Ming - early Qing dynasty, 17th century | 明末至清初 十七世紀 緙絲四爪龍紋掛屏兩幀

Arts d'Asie
10 Jun 2021
Estimate
€4,000 - €6,000
ca. US$4,866 - US$7,299
Price realised:
€5,040
ca. US$6,131
Auction archive: Lot number 117

Two rare kesi 'dragon' chair's covers Late Ming - early Qing dynasty, 17th century | 明末至清初 十七世紀 緙絲四爪龍紋掛屏兩幀

Arts d'Asie
10 Jun 2021
Estimate
€4,000 - €6,000
ca. US$4,866 - US$7,299
Price realised:
€5,040
ca. US$6,131
Beschreibung:

Property from a French private collectionTwo rare kesi 'dragon' chair's coversLate Ming - early Qing dynasty, 17th century each vividly woven on a orange-red kesi ground, the upper section with a full-faced five-clawed dragon encircling a longevity symbol shou and holding a 'flaming pearl', writhing among bats between swirling clouds above and a tumultuous sea below, the lower register with a large lotus enclosed in a strap-panel set above a crane standing on rocks surging from a churning sea(2)160 x 50 cm, 63 by 19¾ in.__________________________________________________________________________ Deux rare couvre-chaises en kesi à décor de dragons, lotus et grues, Chine, fin de la dynastie Ming - début de la dynastie Qing, XVIIE siècle__________________________________________________________________________ 法國私人收藏明末至清初 十七世紀 緙絲四爪龍紋掛屏兩幀 (2)160 x 50 公分, 63 x 19¾英寸

Auction archive: Lot number 117
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jun 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
Paris
Beschreibung:

Property from a French private collectionTwo rare kesi 'dragon' chair's coversLate Ming - early Qing dynasty, 17th century each vividly woven on a orange-red kesi ground, the upper section with a full-faced five-clawed dragon encircling a longevity symbol shou and holding a 'flaming pearl', writhing among bats between swirling clouds above and a tumultuous sea below, the lower register with a large lotus enclosed in a strap-panel set above a crane standing on rocks surging from a churning sea(2)160 x 50 cm, 63 by 19¾ in.__________________________________________________________________________ Deux rare couvre-chaises en kesi à décor de dragons, lotus et grues, Chine, fin de la dynastie Ming - début de la dynastie Qing, XVIIE siècle__________________________________________________________________________ 法國私人收藏明末至清初 十七世紀 緙絲四爪龍紋掛屏兩幀 (2)160 x 50 公分, 63 x 19¾英寸

Auction archive: Lot number 117
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jun 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
Paris
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