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Lot 477
A LARGE YELLOW GROUND DRAGON HANGING
Estimated Value:
500 € - 800 €
Schätzpreis:
1.200 €
Description:
China. 19th/ 20th c.204 x 163 cm (Rahmenbreite ca. 9,5 cm)
Silk gauze (sha), sewn from two pieces together lengthwise, embroidered with colored silk in counted stitches. Frame of silk damask with fishes, lining of silk damask with dragons in clouds. Sewn by hand. Velcro sewn on the top. The gauze woven in a simple leno weave (sha) dyed in yellow is embroidered with a five-clawed dragon in five-colored clouds, hunting for a flaming pearl.
Formerly from an German private collection, acquired before 2007 - Slight signs of wear
