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CHINE DYNASTIE QING, FIN DU XIXe SIÈCLE

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CHINE DYNASTIE QING, FIN DU XIXe SIÈCLE
Important rectangular hanging in red silk embroidered with silk and gold threads, the central part adorned with a sentence in four large characters and two dedicatory inscriptions. The upper part embroidered with cranes in a rocky landscape of peach trees, bamboo and lingzhi mushrooms, overlooking a building rising from the waves.
The whole framed by a frieze of flowers and foliage populated by bats.
Reverse lined with yellow silk.
Dim. 268 x 176 cm

PROVENANCE
Private French collection, brought back to France in the early 20th century.