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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN EMBROIDERED IMPERIAL YELLOW SILK THRONE CUSHION COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
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AN EMBROIDERED IMPERIAL YELLOW SILK THRONE CUSHION COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Comprising the front panel of the cushion, worked in satin stitch and couched gold thread with five-clawed dragons hovering above the terrestrial diagram and enveloped by clouds interspersed with Buddhist emblems, all picked out in shades of red, blue, brown and green against a golden-yellow ground.
27¼ x 25¼ in. (69.2 x 64.2 cm.), framed and glazed
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Comprising the front panel of the cushion, worked in satin stitch and couched gold thread with five-clawed dragons hovering above the terrestrial diagram and enveloped by clouds interspersed with Buddhist emblems, all picked out in shades of red, blue, brown and green against a golden-yellow ground.
27¼ x 25¼ in. (69.2 x 64.2 cm.), framed and glazed