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DAY TWO: CHINESE TEXTILES, LOTS 406-432
Chinese Textiles | Lots 406–432
Tuesday 23 September | 11AM
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QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) each of square form depicting a crane amongst ruyi scrolled clouds, framed. Height of each 8 x width 7 1/2 inches. $200-400
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) each depicting a bird alighting on rocks, one a kesi example, another executed in gilt-wrapped threads. Height of tallest 21 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches. Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $300-500 408 Two Chinese Embroidered Pouches, the first a fan case depicting bamboo and prunus, the second a gourd-form case with French knot embroidery, with an embroidered silk oval ornament depicting auspicious emblems, together with a wood back-scratcher. Height of tallest 15 7/8 inches.
Notes: Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $200-400
409 An Embroidered Silk Panel, likely a robe fragment, depicting the lishui stripe with auspicious objects, framed. Height 15 3/4 x width 20 1/2 inches. $100-200 410 A Chinese Embroidered Silk Skirt, having bright silk thread embroidery depicting peonies and butterflies, the green silk skirt pleated and outlined with black ribbon, with embroidered borders of peonies in shades of blue. Height 37 5/8 inches. Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $200-400
411 A Chinese Embroidered Silk Skirt, having panels of embroidered butterflies between pleats outlined with black silk ribbons and blue embroidered flowers against a red silk ground, with green silk lining to the reverse. Height 38 3/8 inches.
Notes: Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $400-600
412 A Chinese Silk Skirt, of a grey silk and having French knot decoration, depicting peonies and Buddhist emblems, with embroidered lotus and black silk ribbon borders, together with a skirt fragment of pale silk with embroidered French knot and couched silk decoration of peonies, bats and other foliage in blue and white colors, with black ribbon borders. Height of first 38 3/8 inches.
Notes: Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $400-600
413 A Chinese Embroidered Silk Skirt, having a tan colored cloth waistband, the pleated pale pink silk skirt with coral and purple peonies amongst colorful butterflies, within an applied ruyi silk cord border and black silk ribbon borders, with a pale blue silk lining. Height 34 1/2 inches.
Notes: Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $400-600
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417 414 A Chinese Embroidered Silk Panel, depicting children at play. Height visible 12 3/4 x width 32 1/2 inches. Property from a Midwest Corporate Collection $400-600
415 A Group of Six Chinese Embroidered Silk Panels, each of rectangular form with silk borders, most having floral decoration and one with figural decoration in couched silk stitch and French knot technique. Height of orange example 39 x width 10 inches.
Notes: Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $400-600
416 A Group of Twelve Chinese Embroidered Textile Panels, comprising a blue silk sleeveband having gilt wrapped thread embroidered flowers and with fringe ends, with a black silk panel having ivory silk thread endless knot and flowering prunus branch embroidery, with two pairs of sleeve bands depicting peonies combining French knot and couched stitches, with eight other examples includng squares and roundels. Height of first 27 1/2 x width 3 1/2 inches. Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $400-600
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417 A Group of Six Chinese Embroidered Textile Panels, the first a rectangular panel depicting two youths in a boat with ruyi scepter, a canopy and coins, on swirling waves with ruyi and beneath a canopy of peonies and ruyi clouds in couched silk threads, against a coral silk ground, with a rectangular panel depicting an official riding a qilin with an attendant bearing a fan and another bearing a flay, with prunus and peonies, on a coral silk ground with tasseled end, with a pair of sleeve bands, and three other embroidered silk panels. Height of first 20 1/2 x width 12 inches. Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $600-800 418 A Group of Three Chinese Embroidered Textile Panels, the first a rectangular silk example depicting phoenixes in colorful silk threads with gilt wrapped thread peonies, on a red silk ground, the second a pink silk ground panel depicting a pair of quail, a pheasant, a butterfly and a qilin, all in colorful silk threads, with gilt-wrapped thread embroidered foliage and peonies, with mirrored sequin decoration to the borders, the third a vertical panel depicting spotted deer, birds and butterfly amongst flowering peonies and leafy branches, within multiple silk borders on a rose colored silk ground. Height of first 77 x width 23 1/2 inches. Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $600-800
419 A Chinese Embroidered Panel, of T-form, having purple and black silk panels with colorful embroidery depicting butterflies, peonies and other flowers, with pendent tassels bearing glass and wood toggles. Width at widest 105 1/2 inches.
Notes: Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $400-600 420 A Chinese Shoulao Panel, depicting the god of longevity in couched silk threads, the deity depicted bearing a craggy branch, in shou medallion robes, a spotted deer and an attendant bearing peaches at his side, the embroidered figural panel sewn to a red silk ground, together with a green silk panel with embroidered decoration of ladies at various pursuits in a courtyard garden setting. Height of first 106 inches.
Notes: Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $400-600
421 A Chinese Embroidered Panel of Peking Opera Actors, of rectangular form, depicting Peking opera characters in costume in couched silk threads, against a gilt-wrapped thread background with floral accents, within a border with foliage and pomegranates, the back lined with pink fabric. Height 89 x width 57 inches. Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $800-1,200
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425 422 A Chinese Embroidered Kesi Panel, depicting a five-claw dragon. Height 13 1/4 x width 12 inches. $100-200
423 A Group of Four Kesi Panels, each panel depicting two Daoist immortals, framed. Height of each 12 1/4 inches. $500-700
424* A Pair of Chinese Kesi Panels,
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) depicting scenes of warrior and court officials, with Daoist objects in alternating reserves, each framed. Height of fabric 39 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000
425 A Chinese Embroidered Silk Panel,
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) depicting a forward facing five-clawed dragon, executed in gilt-wrapped threads, amongst couched blue silk ruyi clouds, gilt-wrapped thread shou, and above couched swirling waves and lishui stripes with five Buddhistic lions, having two borders of leiwen on the sides, mounted in a lucite case. Height 59 x width 60 inches. Property from a Midwest Corporate Collection $800-1,200
426 A Chinese Wool Ladies’ Coat, the coat of deep brown wool, having silk embroidered collar and trimmings with figural decoration. Height 42 1/2 inches. $300-500
427 An Embroidered Blue Ground Silk Lady’s Robe, depicting ruyi clouds, with gilt-wrapped thread embroidered shou medallions, the sleeve bands of Peking knot stitch and depicting peonies on an ivory ground, together with a pair of lady’s embroidered shoes. Height 47 inches. $300-500
428 A Chinese Embroidered Silk Lady’s Robe,
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) having embroidered butterflies, peonies, prunus, lotus, chrysanthemums and other flowers in tones of pink, yellow and pale green on a black ground with blue silk floral borders, with pierced gilt metal buttons. Height 41 inches.
Notes: Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $500-700
429 A Blue Ground Kesi Formal Court Robe,
19TH CENTURY depicting nine five-claw dragons stitched in giltwrapped threads, with bats, ruyi clouds and the eight Buddhist emblems or bajixiang, centered with a canopy above a pendent plaque depicting a mountainous landscape, with dragon-headed carp above swirling laves and lishui stripe in shades of tan and gold, the waves and stripes continuing above the brown sleeves terminating in embroidered horsehoof cuffs. Height 49 1/2 inches.
Notes: Property sold to benefit the Collection Conservation Fund for the Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum, Evergreen, Colorado $3,000-5,000
430 A Blue Ground Silk Embroidered Dragon Robe,
19TH CENTURY having nine gilt paper-wrapped thread embroidered five-claw dragons, centered with pendants in Peking knot stitch, with couched silk bats, flames and ruyi clouds above couched silk auspicious emblems amongst crashing waves above lishui stripe, the bajixiang Buddhist emblems in Peking knot stitch, with black sleeves and horse-hoof cuffs. Height 60 1/8 inches. $3,000-5,000
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431 A Chinese Embroidered Tapestry, executed in a knotted stitch and depicting a figural scene with the eight Daoist immortals, each bearing his or her traditional attribute, with gilt wrapped thread accents, the figures depicted in a landscape with sun, pines, waterfall, scrolled clouds and river, mounted in a lucite frame. Height 85 1/2 x 55 1/2 inches. Property from a Midwest Corporate Collection $2,000-4,000
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432 A Chinese Embroidered Tapestry, executed in a knotted stitch, depicting the seven sages of the bamboo grove, the figures depicted examining a handscroll, their robes with gilt wrapped thread decoration, mounted in a lucite frame. Height 86 3/4 x width 50 1/2 inches. Property from a Midwest Corporate Collection $2,000-4,000
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