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Lot 467
A LONG TWO-PART HANGING WITH BOYS
Estimated Value:
1.200 € - 1.800 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
China, 19th c.164 x 53 cm
Orange-red faded and light blue silk, embroidered with coloured silk in satin stitch. Framed behind glass.
The boys are shown on both parts in a stylised garden landscape. Boys were very important to the Chinese society of the Qing dynasty, as only they could perform the necessary ancestor worship.
Old European private collection, collected in the family before 1970
Hangings of this kind were often hung in pairs at festivities or also at the bridal bed - Traces of age, wear, slightly faded
