A BEDSPREAD WITH FLOWERS AND THE HUNDRED BIRDS

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1.200 € - 1.800 €

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Description:

China, late Qing dynasty
ca. 250 x 250 cm
Off-white silk, embroidered with gold threads and silk floss. Lined with green silk, with a thin wadding. Fringes. Between twigs of flowering plums and peonies with chrysanthemums and lilies different birds like Mandarin ducks and herons and insects like grasshoppers, praying mantis, and butterflies. In the center an embroidered inscription of five characters, which might be read phonetically only: Bei Ye Lei Ke Di.
Private collection Berlin, acquired in Europe around 1920, since then in family estate
In good condition, little faded, slight signs of wear

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