A FINE TEMPLE HANGING

Estimated Value:

1.500 € - 2.500 €

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incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibet, the textiles 17th c. and later
155 x 75 cm
This hanging served as a decorative beam hanging, consisting of drooping, overlapping, tongue-shaped bands. The bands alternate in two colors, dark blue and light orange. The patterns vary between dragon, cloud and rain motifs. The upper finial is a wide transverse band of vermilion patterned brocade, with an "imperial yellow" insert with the motif of a dragon playing with a pearl. Between the ends of the ribbons and the wide brocade ribbon is inserted a narrow yellow ribbon, with the classic rain-and-cloud pattern. Made of various brocades. Addtioinal two textile fragments.
Important German private collection, collected in the 1970s and 80s, mostly acquired at Schoettle Ostasiatica, Stuttgart - Traces of age

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