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Lot 607
A BEDSPREAD WITH FLOWERS AND THE HUNDRED BIRDS
Estimated Value:
1.200 € - 1.800 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
China, late Qing dynastyca. 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