CHINESE APRICOT-GROUND BROCADE PANEL
MING TO QING DYNASTY
£504
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明至清 杏地織錦宋八達暈紋織品
features two cartouches in the centre, one on top of quatrefoil form with beribboned brocade ball enclosed with several pairs of confronting stylised kui-phoenixes, another of canted-corners square form, decorated with Buddhist parasol dangles with lantern, Dharmachakra, flanked by auspicious emblems, all against a floral brocade pattern ground
Dimensions
80cm x 87cm
Provenance
Private collection, Edinburgh
私人收藏,愛丁堡
Footnote
Compare to a sutra cover decorated with a lattice pattern similar to this lot, dated to the Ming dynasty, 15th–16th century, is in the Metropolitan Museum, accession no. 46.186.57.