Two Embroidered and Woven Silk 'Dragon' Panels

LATE QING DYNASTY

清晚期紅緞地綉團龍紋桌圍及藍地龍紋袍料
comprising a brocade woven example showing three sinuous dragons after a flaming pearl amidst red flaming wisps and tricolor cloud scrolls against a blue ground, all above a lishui stripe at the border beneath waves crashing against a terrestrial diagram strewn with auspicious symbols; the second a framed table hangin, worked against a red satin ground with a large roundel enclosing dragon within corners embroidered with scrolling clouds supporting beribboned auspicious symbols, beneath a top flap worked with three smaller 'dragon' roundels.

The brocade example length 44 x width 33 in., 111 x 83.5 cm.

Property from the Collection of Alan Aubrey Swift, Chicago, Illinois

The red ground example with some staining and loose threads, not removed from frame for examination. The blue ground example with loose weaving, particualry at the border and along old creases from storage.

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Chinese & Southeast Asian Works of Art

Two Embroidered and Woven Silk 'Dragon' Panels

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