A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED SILK ‘FOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS’ PANELS QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

portraying two of the four accomplishments, one depicting scholars playing the qin, the other with scholars at a game of weiqi, the figures with robes accentuated with gold-wrapped threads, attended by acolytes in a garden setting with peach-laden branches, flowering foliage and deer beneath rolling clouds, bordered by bands of flowers and bats, framed (2)

Both panels have some fading overall and patches of abrasion (particularly to the ground resulting in areas of loosened weft threads, and some losses and loose threads in the embroidery). There are scattered small mildew spots and some bleeding of the dyes from the black and blue embroidery threads, likely both from water damage. Both panels have warmer, richer tonalities compared to the illustration in the catalog. Please note that the panels were not removed from the frames for inspection.
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