California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 July 7, 2018  July 7, 2018

 Lot # 5236 
A KESI EMBROIDERY PANEL OF RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY    清 緙絲黃地御題詩


  • Dimension: Length: 51 1/4 in (130.2 cm) Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)
  • Estimate From: $3500
  • Estimate To: $6500

Silk and mounted, with running script calligraphy woven in kesi technique in black silk on yellow ground, with two woven seal marks. Qing Dynasty period.


緙絲上織無量壽佛,(無量壽佛是阿彌陀佛的譯名。梵語阿彌陀(amita^yus), 漢譯為無量壽( 梵amitabha)、無量光,故阿彌陀佛亦稱無量壽佛、無量光佛。惟密教則以阿彌陀佛之應化身為無量光佛,其報身為無量壽佛。)緙絲又稱“刻絲”,是中國最傳統的一中挑經顯緯的絲織品。為皇家禦用織品,織造過程極其精細,存世精品稀少,常有“一寸緙絲一寸金”的說法。