In the Studio: Asian Art Featuring Works from the Collection of Bruce Dayton and Ruth Stricker Dayton

In the Studio: Asian Art Featuring Works from the Collection of Bruce Dayton and Ruth Stricker Dayton

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 852. Three silk kesi 'figural' panels, Qing dynasty, 19th century | 清十九世紀 緙絲三國演義故事圖挂屏一組三件.

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Three silk kesi 'figural' panels, Qing dynasty, 19th century | 清十九世紀 緙絲三國演義故事圖挂屏一組三件

Lot Closed

September 28, 05:25 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Three silk kesi 'figural' panels

Qing dynasty, 19th century

清十九世紀 緙絲三國演義故事圖挂屏一組三件


comprising one horizontal panel depicting characters from the Sanguo Yanyi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) against a gold ground, and a pair of vertical panels depicting a narrative scene with figures in landscape, inscribed in one corner with Chinese numbers and a seal


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Length of largest 69⅞ in., 177.6 cm; Width 20⅛ in., 51 cm

Collection of Kenyon V. Painter, Sr. (1867-1940) and Maud Wyeth Painter (1885-1971), and thence by descent.