清十九世紀 緙絲群仙賀壽圖

woven in bright colors with a scene depicting a pantheon of Daoist immortals and deities on a garden terrace with pine and peach trees issuing from rockwork, Xiwangmu and her attendants seated atop a phoenix descending to meet Shoulao and the Eight Daoist Immortals with cranes in flight above, below with a rushing river in which Magu navigates her log raft, with further groups of immortals standing along the shore bearing numerous gifts, mounted as a scroll

1940年代購於中國，後家族承傳

There is expected overall wear to the kesi. There are folds and tears to the paper, some areas tearing through the kesi with associated loss. There is a red stain to the top left corner visible in the catalogue illustration. The kesi is less red than illustrated in the catalogue.
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