CHiNeSe TexTiLeS

Chinese Textiles | lots 478–541

Tuesday 25 March

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479 478 A Chinese Embroidered Satin Stitch Silk Panel, depicting peonies, the blossoms executed in French knots or Peking stitch. Height 6 1/2 x width 38 inches. $100-200

479* A Chinese Embroidered Apricot Silk Panel, likely once part of an imperial dragon robe, depicting a five claw dragon in three-quarter profile clasping a flaming pearl amongst lotus, bats, endless knot and ruyi clouds above crashing waves and lishui stripe, with auspicious objects emerging from the waves including the Buddhist vase, wheel, umbrella and conch, with seagrass and lingzhi. Height 22 1/8 x width 15 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Heinrich Necheles, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

480 A Chinese Kesi Textile, a long vertical rectangular panel, depicting warriors. Height 8 1/2 x width 44 inches. $200-400

481 Two Chinese Embroidered Silk Squares, one with butterflies, the other with fish, mounted and framed, with John Wanamaker of New York label. Height overall 10 3/4 inches. $100-200

482 A Chinese Kesi Panel, depicting a lady and boy in a courtyard garden, mounted and framed. Height 8 1/2 x width 5 inches. $200-400

483* A Silk Kesi Embroidery Panel, depicting a gathering of robed sages unrolling and examining a silk textile panel, framed. Height 39 x width 16 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Lisa Robbins, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $200-400

484 An Embroidered Silk Panel, having gilt wrapped thread embroidered decoration, depicting phoenix and dragon with butterflies, ruyi, bats and birds on a ground of blue silk within decorative fabric borders. Height 27 1/2 x width 13 inches. $300-500

485* A Chinese Silk Embroidered Panel, having four panels below a row of eight figures. Height 38 x width 70 inches. Property from the Collection of Ms. Clementine Quandt, Rockford, Illinois $300-500

486 A Gilt Embroidered Panel, of multiple deities. Height 61 3/4 x width 42 inches. $500-700

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487* A Chinese Kesi Panel, depicting a female immortal standing on a rocky islet amidst swirling waves, a thin staff in her hand and a baluster vase decorated with ruyi clouds and bearing flowering prunus by her side. Height 41 x width 19 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Heinrich Necheles, Chicago, Illinois $500-700

488 A Kesi Banner, depicting a mother and child in a sampan boat, in a lake with mountains in the background, with laborers working in the foreground. Height 36 5/8 x width 13 inches. $600-800 489 A Group of Chinese Textiles, comprising nine altar frontals and banners including a Guangxu period altar frontal depicting a temple lion and phoenix, with metallic wrapped threads, with eight other examples of varying size and decoration, together with a Kesi panel fragment and a Chinese silk skirt section. Height of first 44 1/2 inches. $300-500

490 A Chinese Red Silk Altar Cover, having gilt-wrapped thread embroidered frontal dragon, with Han style horsemen to the top register. Width 39 inches. $300-500

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491* Two Chinese Embroidered Silk Articles, both likely skirt panels, the first depicting bats and peonies, the second depicting butterflies and foliage on a green ground, each framed. Height of first panel 11 1/4 x width 9 inches. Property from the Collection of Jane Levenberg Gerber, Evanston, Illinois $200-400

492 A Group of Four Framed Chinese Decorative Articles, comprising two giltwood carved fragments, with two silk embroidery panels. Height 10 inches. Property of a Palm Beach Estate $100-200 493 Two Chinese Embroidered Rank Badges, the first a kesi panel with a golden pheasant, denoting a second rank civil official, the second embroidered with a golden pheasant, peaches and bats. Width of wider 11 1/2 inches. $200-400

494 A Chinese Brocade Panel, depicting a front-facing dragon. Height overall 14 inches. $100-200

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495 A Pair of Chinese Embroidered Silk Panels, depicting covered urns in copper metallic threads, mounted in bamboo style frames. Width overall 18 5/8 inches. $300-500

496 A Chinese Embroidered Silk Panel, depicting a figure on horseback under a parasol with attendants, with peonies and rocks, framed. Height 13 x width 22 inches. $400-600

497 An Embroidered Silk Civil Official’s Rank Badge, 19th Century, depicting a silver pheasant for the fifth rank, the bird alighting on a rock above crashing waves, with ruyi clouds and gilt wrapped thread scrollwork ground. Height 11 x width 11 inches. $200-400

498 A Chinese Kesi Dragon Panel, 18th century, of rectangular, horizontal form, depicting dragons coveting pearls amongst lishui stripes and ruyi clouds. Width overall 64 inches. $1,000-2,000

499 A Chinese Black Silk Banner, Qing Dynasty, with gold wrapped thread depicting a forward-facing dragon with flames and above a lishui stripe, with inscription. Height 72 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

500 A Chinese Kesi Fragment, framed. Height 32 1/2 x width 18 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

501* A Chinese Kesi Panel of Dragons and Phoenixes, of squared form depicting writhing dragons and phoenixes coveting flaming pearls, centered by a red embroidered roundel with ruyi and floral design. Height 38 x width 41 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Heinrich Necheles, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

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504 502* A Chinese Kesi Panel Valance, comprised of 12 rectangular panels depicting warriors in various settings, each with a tangerine ground and having gilt-wrapped thread woven decoration and patterned borders, mounted as a valance. Width 105 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Heinrich Necheles, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

503 A Bolt of Chinese Imperial Brocade, having a ground of deep blue silk and depicting fiveclaw dragons and geometric band decoration amongst Buddhist emblems and other traditional auspicious objects in gilt-wrapped threads. Height 103 x 31 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000

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504 An Embroidered Silk Dragon Badge, likely from an imperial summer gauze robe, embroidered in gold wrapped threads with a leaping five-claw dragon over woven crested waves, with auspicious Daoist objects among ruyi clouds picked out in threads of green, yellow, blue, white and red.

Diameter 11 3/8 inches. $1,000-2,000

505* A Chinese Embroidered Silk Dragon Robe, depicting nine five-claw dragons embroidered in giltwrapped threads, a forward-facing dragon on each side of the robe above dragons in profile, centered by a basket and two peaches, with beribboned Buddhist, Daoist and auspicious emblems throughout including drums and drumsticks, double gourds, swords, ruyi scepters, fans, flutes and others amongst ruyi clouds, flames and bats bearing peaches and wan symbols, above mountain peaks and swirling waves tossing dharma wheels, wan symbols, canopies, above the lishui stripe, all on a blue silk ground, having a collar of similar design, with black ribbed sleeves terminating in horsehoof cuffs with deep purple thread accents and a giltwrapped thread border. Height 55 1/2 x width cuff to cuff 89 inches. Property from the Collection of Laurel Raidy, Elm Grove, Wisconsin $3,000-5,000

506* A Chinese Brocade Temple Banner, the rectangular panel having a square reserve depicting a Buddhist canopy with a flaming dharma wheel and double dragon head crest above a shou medallion flanked by pairs of endless knots, double gourds and bottles, above a large roundel reserve depicting lotus blossoms, above a smaller circular reserve depicting scrolled dragons and flaming pearls around a flower, above a squared lower reserve depicting a pair of Buddhistic lions and a ball amongst flames and ruyi clouds, all on a network of lotuses and stars, within borders of sinuous chilong coveting firey pearls, mounted between zitan panels, the top panel terminating in outwardly facing dragon heads. Height 67 x width 22 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. Heinrich Necheles, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000

507 A Chinese Silk Embroidered Panel, depicting four deities in circular and shaped aureoles amongst scrolled lotus vines, in gilt colored threads against a deep blue ground. Height 21 7/8 x width 63 1/4 inches. $2,600-4,200

508 A Chinese Silk Embroidered Panel, having scrolling lotus decoration on a yellow ground, within a patterned embroidered border. Height 53 3/4 x width 42 3/4 inches. $3,500-4,000

509 An Embroidered Silk Panel, depicting a dragon chasing a pearl among clouds. Height 69 x 39 inches. $4,000-6,000

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510 A Set of Four Chinese Silk Embroidered Panels, each of a rich yellow silk ground and depicting seasonal plants flowering and emerging from craggy rocks. Height 50 3/8 x width 17 1/4 inches. $8,000-12,000

511 A Pair of Embroidered Silk Panels, likely from a noblewoman’s skirt, each with with five vertical panels, with a metallic, gold-wrapped thread embroidered leaping dragon chasing a flaming pearl with a pair of phoenixes in the center panel, above a lishui border reserved on a persimmon colored silk ground, lined with a silk backing, both framed. Width at widest 27 3/4 inches.

Provenance: Previously in the Collection of Mrs. Diana Engstrom, Northern California $2,000-4,000 512 A Chinese Embroidered Silk Table Cover, of quatrefoil form, centered with a circular reserve depicting four small dragons, against a blue silk ground depicting four frontal five-claw dragons in metallic gold wrapped threads, each encircling a flaming pearl, with lishui stripe on two of the lobed borders, scattered emblems embroidered throughout the ruyi clouds including bats bearing the wan symbol, cranes, fans and lingzhi, having an embroidered silk border depicting foliage and beasts. Height overall 41 1/2 x width overall 47 1/2 inches. $2,600-4,200

513 A Chinese Embroidered Coat, having butterfly and foliate motif, with gilt Treble buttons. Length 30 1/2 x width 75 inches. Provenance:

Purchased in China in the 1940s $600-800

514 A Chinese Jacquard Weave Woman’s Jacket, 19th century, with embroidered panels on a blue ground. Width at widest 51 5/8 inches. $600-800 515 A Chinese Embroidered Lady’s Summer Jacket, 19th Century, having a pink silk ground with jacquard weave. Width at widest 65 3/4 inches. $400-600

516 A Chinese Black Silk Jacket, embroidered with cranes, deer and auspicious emblems. Width 54 inches. $500-700

517 A Chinese Black Embroidered Coat, with embroidered auspicious motifs in colored threads. Width 54 inches. $300-500

518 Two Chinese Embroidered Fan Cases, the first shantao having a red ground with embroidered flowers on one side, an embroidered colophon referring to the Qing Feng Jian sword, signed Ji Gan, the second with cranes and auspicious symbols, the top of ruyi form. Height 12 1/4 inches. $200-400

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519 A Qing Dynasty Chinese Skirt, having silk panels embroidered in colored threads with foliate motifs. Height 37 inches. Property from the Collection of a Lady, Naples, Florida

Provenance: Previously in the Rebstock Collection, St. Louis, Missouri $300-500

520 A Chinese Child’s Cap, with floral decoration throughout, framed. Width 12 3/4 inches. $200-400

521 A Chinese Velvet Child’s Short Sleeve Jacket, with gilt thread decoration, along with a child’s embroidered pouch. Width of jacket 27 inches. $400-600

522 A Chinese Child’s Cap and a Pair of Boots, each of silk and embroidered decoration, with display stand. Height of tallest 7 1/4 inches. $200-400

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523 Two Fabric Hats, from the Shandong province, each of circular form, having pleated, domed tops, with embroidered band decoration, having gilt thread accents. Diameter 7 inches. $100-200

524 A Pair of Chinese Embroidered Red Silk Sleeve Bands, mounted as a panel, with butterfly motif, framed. Height 22 x width 10 1/2 inches. $200-400

525 A Pair of Chinese Embroidered Satin Sleeve Bands, mounted as a panel, depicting maidens among auspicious symbols. Height 9 1/2 x width 21 1/4 inches. $200-400

526 A Group of Three Chinese Embroidered Panels, the first framed, with shou symbols, the second a satin roundel depicting peonies, butterflies and auspicious fruit and the third a gold ground sleeve panel depicting a rocky outcrop, birds and bamboo. Length of longest 38 inches. $200-400 527 Two Chinese Embroidered Silk Sleeve Bands, the first a 19th century band in Peking and satin stitch, with peach and bat motif and framed and mounted, the other on white satin and framed. Height overall of taller 23 3/8 inches. $200-400

528 A Pair of Chinese Embroidered Silk Sleeve Bands, depicting figures in outdoor and garden settings, each framed. Height overall 28 inches. $300-500

529 A Chinese Textile Panel, depicting boys among lotus plants, framed. Height 26 1/2 x width 22 inches. $400-600

530 A Group of Three Chinese Embroidered Panels. Height of largest 17 3/8 x width 15 3/8 inches. Property from the Collection of a Lady, Naples, Florida

Provenance: Previously in the Rebstock Collection, St. Louis, Missouri $1,000-2,000

531 Two Chinese Woven Dragon and Phoenix Panels, each having lishui stripe and ruyi clouds, mounted together on a fabric backing. Height 28 x width 13 inches. $300-500

532 A Chinese Embroidered Red Silk Panel, depicting boys at play. Height 16 x width 48 inches. $200-400

533 A Chinese Silk Embroidered Panel, 19th century, comprised of two vertical panels depicting forward-facing four-claw dragons in gilt wrapped threads, amongst ruyi clouds and flames, with pairs of dragons in profile and scattered Buddhist emblems, above a lishui stripe with mountain peaks above a large peony. Height 42 x width 58 inches. $800-1,200 534 A Chinese Embroidered Silk Panel, depicting boys and and longevity symbols of deer and pine in a repeating pattern. Height 69 x width 28 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

535 A Chinese Wool Saddle Blanket, having foliate medallions within a key-fret border. Height 54 1/2 x width 26 inches. $800-1,200

536 An Embroidered Panel, depicting flowers, birds, butterflies and vessels. Height 13 1/8 x width 63 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

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537 An Embroidered Silk Panel, depicting plants, rocks and vessels on a yellow ground. Height 20 1/2 x width 77 inches. $1,500-2,500

538 A Pair of Chinese Embroidered Kesi Panels, possibly Jiaqing Period, with two narrative scenes from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, both framed. Height of panel 39 x width 12 inches. $800-1,200

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539 A Chinese Embroidered Panel, depicting flowering branches set in various vessels, mounted as a hanging scroll. Height 34 5/8 x width 19 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000

540 A Chinese Kesi Panel, depicting birds on a flowering branch, mounted as a scroll. Height 50 x width 18 5/8 inches. $2,000-4,000

541 A Chinese Kesi Panel, depicting quail in a rockery, mounted as a scroll. Height 44 1/2 x width 22 7/8 inches. $3,000-5,000