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Framed Finely Embroidered Buddhist Lion Silk Panel browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Chinese:Textiles: Pre 1837 VR: item # 806432 Please refer to our stock # 10-60 when inquiring.
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| A mid-Qing Dynasty red silk temple wall hanging has magnificent embroidery in gold and the traditional colors of Tibet. The early 19th century panel, now framed and protected under glass, is from a period of friendship and interaction between China’s Manchu leaders and the Buddhist lamas of Tibet, which would account for the merging of Chinese design elements with those more typically Tibetan Buddhist elements such as the lion’s tail, eight colored jewels riding in the waves and the ball under the lion’s paw resembling the Buddhist wheel of law. Floating over the lion’s head is an emblem seen in Chinese art for centuries, a bat symbolizing a wish for good fortune. At the top of the panel a cartouche is couched in heavy gold thread and filled with foliage surrounding pink flower petals. The Buddhist lion, intricately worked in shades of blue, green, pink and white is lavishly outlined and detailed in thick gold couching. Its mane is defined with fanciful blue and gold circles, and the open jaw is particularly realistic. This panel is in very good condition and has been framed so that the soft silk fabric shows to advantage. Dimensions including mat and frame: height 40” (102 cm), width 27 ½” (70 cm). Dimensions of panel only: height 32" (81 cm), width 20” (51 cm). | |||||||||||||||
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