A large red-ground cut-velvet and metallic thread 'lotus' kang cover, Qing dynasty, 18th / 19th century | 清十八 / 十九世紀 紅地纏枝蓮紋漳絨炕毯

Acquired in 1995.

A closely related example, similarly decorated against a deep blue velvet background, in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis (accession no. 50.22), is published in Robert D. Jacobsen, Ch'ing Dynasty Textiles in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, 2002, vol. 2, pl. 543.