California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 June 23, 2013  June 23, 2013

 Lot # 232 
A FRAMED EMROIDERED KESI PANEL    清 緙絲人物童子拜夀圖


  • Dimension: H: 44 3/4 in (113.5 cm) W: 29 1/4 in (74.3 cm)
  • Estimate From: $2500
  • Estimate To: $3500

Finely woven and painted with an elaborate scene of elders with kids at a river shore setting, rocky promontories, turbulent waves, with peaked mountains emerging from vaporous clouds in the distance, all picked out in shades of blue, green, beige, cream and brown, against a dark blue ground. The Shou Lao holding a large peach, with three kids forming a line in front, the other two elders each with a young kid by their side. Qing Dynasty period.