Description: Silk with Kesi weaving, silk and gold threads
China, Qing Dynasty
Depicted are two reserves with Manchurian cranes holding the peaches of longevity in their beaks and set inside an ornamental frame with auspicious objects. Above one crane ornament is a undulated reserve with more peaches and above the other is an ornamental Ruyi scepter with a butterfly and the double-fish symbol. The fine Kesi technique and the fact that the crane was the highest civic rank at the period make this unusual chair cover highly collectible.
Shape: Rectangular panel
Dimensions: 49,5 x 171 cm
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, slight soiling and some loose threads – mainly at the margin
Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in the 1930s to early 1950s
清代緙絲仙鶴紋椅套
品相良好,輕微磨損與污漬,邊緣部位有松綫
奧地利私人老收藏,上世紀三十年代至五十年代間購入