A RARE CORAL-GROUND SILK EMBROIDERED 'BUDDHIST WHEEL AND DEER' BOX COVER

Yuan Dynasty

Yuan Dynasty
The panel with square shape, delicately embroidered in counted stitch cross hatch stitch with gold, blue, green and red threads depicting a pair of recumbent smiling deer flanking a central blossoming lotus supporting the Wheel of Dharma, symbolising compassion and wisdom, amidst a profusion of lotus buds and scrolling foliage, all on a coral red damask ground, mounted.
The coral red panel 13cm (5 1/8in) square.

元 珊瑚紅地繡雙鹿法輪紋盒蓋

ProvenancE: Linda Wrigglesworth, London

來源：倫敦Linda Wrigglesworth

Compare the style of the embroidery on the present lot with the one used on a pair of silk knee pads, 13th/14th century, illustrated by J.Vollmer, Silks for Thrones and Altars. Chinese Costumes and Textiles, Berkeley, CA, p.27.