An Important Private Collection of Chinese Textiles
A Gu-style painted and embroidered silk 'figural' panel, 17th century | 十七世紀 露香園顧秀封侯圖
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September 20, 05:51 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description
A Gu-style painted and embroidered silk 'figural' panel
17th century
十七世紀 露香園顧秀封侯圖
with an inscription and three seals, one reading Luxiangyuan xiu (embroidered by Luxiangyuan)
題識：
侯封萬里無雙士 業擅雲臺第一功
Height 70½ in., 179.1 cm; Length 16½ in., 41.9 cm
Sotheby's Taipei, 10th April 1994, lot 207.
Geng Zhi Tang Collection.
台北蘇富比1994年4月10日，編號207
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Based in Shanghai in the Ming dynasty, the Gu family was renowned for its embroidery work and use of exceptionally fine threads, innovating new techniques and stitches for xiuhua, 'embroidered paintings' such as the present example. Their work was acclaimed by late Ming scholars including Dong Qichang (1555-1636), who wrote a colophon on the album 'Flowers and Fishes' (1641) by Han Ximeng, a member of the Gu family.