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。

Three Chinese Embroidered Silk Collars, Qing Dynasty清 云肩一組三件

Three Chinese Embroidered Silk Collars, Qing Dynasty清 云肩一組三件

Three Chinese Embroidered Silk Collars, Qing Dynasty
清云肩一組三件

Three Chinese Embroidered Silk Collars, Qing Dynasty
清云肩一組三件