Arts d'Asie

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View full screen - View 1 of Lot 117. Two rare kesi 'dragon' chair's covers Late Ming - early Qing dynasty, 17th century | 明末至清初 十七世紀 緙絲四爪龍紋掛屏兩幀.

Property from a French private collection | 法國私人收藏

Two rare kesi 'dragon' chair's covers Late Ming - early Qing dynasty, 17th century | 明末至清初 十七世紀 緙絲四爪龍紋掛屏兩幀

Auction Closed

June 10, 03:15 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Property from a French private collection

Two rare kesi 'dragon' chair's covers

Late Ming - early Qing dynasty, 17th century


each vividly woven on a orange-red kesi ground, the upper section with a full-faced five-clawed dragon encircling a longevity symbol shou and holding a 'flaming pearl', writhing among bats between swirling clouds above and a tumultuous sea below, the lower register with a large lotus enclosed in a strap-panel set above a crane standing on rocks surging from a churning sea

(2)

160 x 50 cm, 63 by 19¾ in.

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Deux rare couvre-chaises en kesi à décor de dragons, lotus et grues, Chine, fin de la dynastie Ming - début de la dynastie Qing, XVIIE siècle

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法國私人收藏

明末至清初 十七世紀 緙絲四爪龍紋掛屏兩幀


(2)

160 x 50 公分， 63 x 19¾英寸

Please note that these two Kesi are in fact chair's cover and not banners as described in the previous cataloguing. They were intended to cover 17th armchairs. | Veuillez noter que les deux kesi sont les couvre-chaises, mais pas bannières comme décrit précédemment | 敬請注意，此拍品英文及法文有更改。

By family repute, acquired by the ancestor of the present owner in the far east at the end of the 19th century, and thence by family descent. 

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傳為現藏家之先祖於十九世紀末得自遠東

後家族流傳至今

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