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LARGE VERTICAL EMBROIDERY in kesi, depicting a crane with ou…
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169
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LARGE VERTICAL EMBROIDERY in kesi, depicting a crane with ou…
See original version (French)
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000
Voluntary lot
Description
LARGE VERTICAL EMBROIDERY in kesi, depicting a crane with outstretched wings and peach tree branches. Below, a lotus medallion surmounted by two other cranes surrounded by clouds. Above, another crane in the clouds. An inscription in Chinese ink indicates the room in which this panel originally stood, but it is currently hidden due to its framing.China, late Ming dynasty.A LARGE KESI SILK PANEL, CHINA, LATE MING DYNASTY.DIM. 161 X 52 CM (63 3/8 X 20 1/2 IN.)NOTEDTwo similar panels were sold by Sotheby's Parke Bernet in New York in 1979. Another is in the Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City (Gift Mr. Mrs. Earl Morse).
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