$3,318
Silk Panel, China, 19th century, the rectangular panel finely embroidered with a Chinese New Year celebration scene with nearly 100 figures in various attitudes, some playing folk musical instruments, some engaging in dragon dance, some holding lanterns with auspicious characters or in exotic shapes, others merely spectators, the upper border embroidered with pavilion scenes, other borders with floral scrolls, eight-color tassels on the lower side, 81 x 20 1/2 in. Loose threads, loss, tears
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-06-26