A Large Red-Ground Cut Velvet and Metallic Thread 'Lotus' Kang Cover , Qing Dynasty 18th/19th Century

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清十八 / 十九世紀 紅地纏枝蓮紋漳絨炕毯

A large red-ground cut velvet and metallic thread 'lotus' kang cover

Qing dynasty, 18th / 19th … Read more 清十八 / 十九世紀 紅地纏枝蓮紋漳絨炕毯

A large red-ground cut velvet and metallic thread 'lotus' kang cover

Qing dynasty, 18th / 19th century



consisting of three joined panels of cut and uncut silk velvet, the center decorated with a lotus blossom surrounded by three smaller blossoms on each side, all against a velvet red background with meandering foliate scrolls in metal-wrapped thread, bordered by three consecutive bands of geometric kuilong scroll, lotus scrolls, and wan-fret



Length 143 in., 363.2 cm; Width 38 in., 96.5 cm


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Provenance

Acquired in 1995.

Lot # 238 Sotheby's Estimated value : $ 20000 -$30000

來源

購於1995年


Catalogue note

A closely related example, similarly decorated against a deep blue velvet background, in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis (acc. 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. See less