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THE PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN
A FINELY EMBROIDERED ALBUM LEAF
17TH CENTURY
Details
A FINELY EMBROIDERED ALBUM LEAF
17TH CENTURY
The panel is finely embroidered in satin stitch on a cream silk ground with a laughing Budai seated and wearing loose robes left open at the chest and tied at the waist with a blue sash, holding a bulging bag in his right hand, his staff resting on the ground behind him.
11 5/8 in. x 9 ½ in. (29.5 x 22.8 cm.), matted
17TH CENTURY
The panel is finely embroidered in satin stitch on a cream silk ground with a laughing Budai seated and wearing loose robes left open at the chest and tied at the waist with a blue sash, holding a bulging bag in his right hand, his staff resting on the ground behind him.
11 5/8 in. x 9 ½ in. (29.5 x 22.8 cm.), matted
Provenance
Linda Wrigglesworth, London.