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AN EMBROIDERED IMPERIAL YELLOW 'DRAGON' CUSHION COVER
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    HK$120,000 - HK$150,000
  • ($15,554 - $19,442)

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Sale 2711
the imperial saleimportant chinese ceramics and works of art
27 May 2009
Convention Hall Buy Catalog




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AN EMBROIDERED IMPERIAL YELLOW 'DRAGON' CUSHION COVER
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)

Of rectangular shape, the cushion cover meticulously embroidered in satin stitch with a frontal five-clawed dragon in the centre in gold-wrapped threads coiled around a 'flaming pearl', surrounded by a dragon in profile at each corner amidst multi-coloured cloud clusters all worked in shades of blue, red, green and cream, all above the terrestrial diagram and treasures among pingshui waves within a band of key-fret pattern in gold-wrapped threads, bordered by elaborate floral scrolls, reserved on an Imperial yellow ground
43 1/4 in. (109.7 cm) widest


清雍正 御製明黃地繡五龍紋座墊

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