Two rare kesi 'dragon' chair's covers
明末至清初 十七世紀 緙絲四爪龍紋掛屏兩幀
Two rare kesi (silk tapestry) chair covers from the late Ming to early Qing period, each featuring vibrant five-clawed dragons encircling longevity symbols and holding flaming pearls amid clouds and seas. The lower registers display auspicious motifs of cranes and lotus flowers, meticulously woven on an orange-red ground.
- Medium
- 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
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Arts d'Asie
June 10, 2021
Estimate: $4,000 – $6,000
Lot 117
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