AN EMBROIDERY WITH THE HUNDRED BIRDS PAYING HOMAGE TO THE EMPEROR

Estimated Value:

1.000 € - 1.500 €

Schätzpreis:

1.800 €

Description:

China, Qing dynasty, 19th ct.
45 x 35 cm, R.
Cream satin silk embroidered with colored silk in satin stitch. A pair of peacocks standing beneath a large tree next to blooming peonies. Sitting in the branches and flying around other pairs of birds, including those representing courtly ranks and butterflies.
Formerly from a North German private collection. On the back of the frame a historical inscription: "Japanese embroidery, brought by M. A. Wichmann from his trip around the world in 1878"
Colors a bit faded, water stain, framed under glass

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