Asian Art I - 23rd May 2012

Lot 76

A small Chinese embroidered silk panel 17th/18th century

Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £1300

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Description

A small Chinese embroidered silk panel 17th/18th century, depicting a sage wearing flowing robes and carrying an enormous peach, perhaps Shoulao, and with a lingzhi spray suspended from his belt, framed and glazed, 71cm x 35.5cm. Provenance: formerly in the estate of Elyse Lord, Artist and Printmaker, d.1971.