A LARGE CHINESE CUT-VELVET PANEL

QING DYNASTY

Constructed with three panels, decorated in orange and spinach-green velvet with a geometric floral design, with peony blooms and scrolling leafy tendrils, within borders of key fret, lotus and dragons, 352cm x 185cm.

Cf. R Soame Jenyns & W Watson, Chinese Art, Vol.III, p.41 and pl. no.14, for a related panel; see also Victoria & Albert Museum, Chinese Art and Design, p.116, no.45.