CHINA, 19th CENTURY - Lot 139

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CHINA, 19th CENTURY - Lot 139
CHINA, 19th CENTURY Important polychrome felt and thread hanging, decorated with a phoenix and a dragon among clouds, facing each other around the double-lucky character, surmounted by the sacred jewel, and surmounting the perfect knot supported by a bat, four bats at the corners completing the decoration, one holding branches of longevity peaches. Dim. 500 x 310 cm Provenance Presumed private collection of Monsieur Auguste Gérard (1852-1922), French ambassador to China (1893-1897) and Japan (1907-1913). Then by descent to the current owner. Present in the family inventory made in November 1976 under number 191 page 12 "Grande Broderie Extrême-Orient sur fond or à sujet de dragon impérial et coq dans un décor de nuages stylisés avec sa bordure 450 x 300". An anonymized copy of the page concerning this lot may be issued to the buyer.
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