Three Chinese Embroidered Silk Collars, Qing Dynasty
清 云肩一組三件
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
Comprising a cloud collar worked with shades of turquoise and pink floss against the similarly toned ground, with each of six pendant sections embroidered with various insects and flowers terminating in outward-facing bats grasping butterfly-shaped terminals; a two-part formal wedding collar of pale gold and blue-toned silk intricately worked with shaped pendants and figural scenes. The third a shaped stiffened collar with pointed sides flanking a curvilinear central opening worked with gilt-wrapped threads couched against dark brown brocade to depict dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls within boundaries of crashing waves and a key fret border.
Diameter of largest 24 in., 61 cm.
Property from the Collection of David Billings and Beverly Hall Billings, Nantucket, MA. 麻薩諸塞州南塔基特島畢凌思夫婦家藏。
Provenance:
Property from the collection of David and Beverly Hall Billings, Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Illustrated:
Passion and Pursuit: The Billings Collection. Nantucket, 2022, pg .208, 230-233, fig. 391, 426-429, Please refer to fig.. 426 for a close examination of the tight density and diameter of stitches in the round collar.
來源:
馬薩諸塞州楠塔基特島畢凌思夫婦藏。
著錄:
收錄于Passion and Pursuit: The Billings Collection,2022年出版,208、230-233頁,圖391,426-429。