A rare Imperial yellow-ground 'dragon' silk double-sided hanging
A rare Imperial yellow-ground 'dragon' silk double-sided hanging
Qianlong
The fine brocade delicately woven in counted stitch with gold and polychrome threads on a yellow ground, each side depicting three five-clawed dragons with a sinuous body pursuing a flaming pearl amidst vaporous clouds and flames, above the terrestrial diagram, the lower part enclosing a cluster of ruyi issuing from acanthus leaves between a frieze of pearls and vaporous clouds.
314.5cm (123 6/8in).
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A rare Imperial yellow-ground 'dragon' silk double-sided hanging
Qianlong
The fine brocade delicately woven in counted stitch with gold and polychrome threads on a yellow ground, each side depicting three five-clawed dragons with a sinuous body pursuing a flaming pearl amidst vaporous clouds and flames, above the terrestrial diagram, the lower part enclosing a cluster of ruyi issuing from acanthus leaves between a frieze of pearls and vaporous clouds.
314.5cm (123 6/8in).
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