A framed embroidered silk panel. Around 1900 - image-1

Lot 390 Dα

A framed embroidered silk panel. Around 1900

Auction 1061 - overview Cologne
04.12.2015, 14:00 - Asian Art II - Chinese Paintings, Decorative Arts, Porcelain and Ceramics
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 6.200 € (incl. premium)

A framed embroidered silk panel. Around 1900

A framed satin and silk embroidered panel depicting a pair of gold pheasants on a bizarre rock, peonies, lilies, a pair of cranes and other birds on a blossoming magnolia tree. Inscribed and signed Manshan nüshi He Baoqin and sealed Baoqin. A water stain at the lower border. The wood frame with shou characters in mother-of-pearl. Around 1900. Glazed.
135.2 x 50.5 cm

約1900年 白色緞繡金雞鶴百鳥花卉圖掛屏 鏡心
款識:禺山女史何寶琴繡
來源:一位德國鐵路工程師在1914年之前在中國居留時的私人收藏,之后由其家族繼承。

Provenance

Private collection of a German railroad engineer, who lived in China before 1914, and thence by descent