A CHINESE BLACK-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK 'DRAGONS' PANEL

£3,000 - £5,000 £3,780

A CHINESE BLACK-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK 'DRAGONS' PANEL
18TH CENTURY

Worked in couched gold threads with two pairs of confronting five-clawed dragons coiled around flaming pearls amidst colourful ruyi-shaped clouds and stylised flames, the reverse lined with mustard yellow silk, 74cm x 46cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Major Henry F Stanley MC (1911-97).Major Stanley, formerly of the Grenadier Guards, was recruited from the Royal Automobile Club in London in 1957 to head and form the Hong Kong Tourist Association, retiring from his role as executive director in 1971. He was widely known as the 'Father of Hong Kong Tourism'.

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來源：Henry F Stanley少校 (1911-97) 的收藏。