TWO SILK KESI FRAGMENTS MOUNTED AS A HANGING SCROLL YUAN - QING DYNASTY |

comprising a silk roundel centered with a large peony blossom borne on a leafy branch and surrounded by further foliate branches laden with six resplendent blooms and new buds, traces of green and black pigment, Yuan / Ming dynasty; and a rectangular fragment centered with a pendent peony blossom suspended from a pair of twisting vines sprouting curling leaves and round buds, segments of the vines creeping upward and interweaving with the angular scrollwork at the upper corners, the blue and green dyes preserved, Qing dynasty, Kangxi / Yongzheng period, both mounted as a hanging scroll

Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 

Each silk panel has minor expected holes, snags, and repairs, and discoloration commensurate with age (as indicated in the catalog illustration). The hanging scroll mounting is somewhat stiff and has small tears and losses to the edges of the top, some horizontal creases, and some staining (particularly toward the bottom).
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