6th Nov, 2024 10:00
Asian, Indian & Islamic Art
259
Blue-ground silk woman's jacket
Chinese, 19th Century
finely embroidered with multi-coloured butterflies fluttering amidst a profusion of blossoming flowers including lotus, prunus, peonies and magnolias, all above lishui stripe at the hem beneath ruyi clouds and crashing waves interspersed with Buddhist Emblems, the sleevebands with court ladies in garden settings on a cream ground. 106cm long.
Sold for £520
Estimated at £400 - £600
Blue-ground silk woman's jacket
Chinese, 19th Century
finely embroidered with multi-coloured butterflies fluttering amidst a profusion of blossoming flowers including lotus, prunus, peonies and magnolias, all above lishui stripe at the hem beneath ruyi clouds and crashing waves interspersed with Buddhist Emblems, the sleevebands with court ladies in garden settings on a cream ground. 106cm long.
Some fading and pulling of the thread
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Auction: Asian, Indian & Islamic Art, 6th Nov, 2024
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