Sold for:
$480
$480
Framed Embroidery Fragment, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), originally part of robe, the panel with a gold-couched, front-facing dragon encircling a flaming pearl amidst clouds and floral roundels, flanked by birds of rank embroidered in Peking knot stitch, all above a lishui border with peonies and ruyi floating in the rolling waves, hem with a floral band embroidered in three shades of blue, wan -fret brocade border added later, 24 x 26 in. Provenance: From a private collection in Leonia, New Jersey.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-04-23
