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Pair Kesi Tapestry -Mulan Lady Warrior
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Pre 1900 item# 153679 (stock# 2Mulan)
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Sold thak you.
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A fine pair of antique Chinese kesi (kossu is Japanese term) tapestries of large size with gold and silver threads on silk. Theme is the woman warrior Mulan now made famous by Disney. It shows her receiving the sword from heaven and then fully outfitted for battle. In Chinese myths, supernatural qualities are attributed especially to the sword. War like themes are often woven into kesi tapestries, but this is the first one I've seen of Mulan. Figures in Kesi are often somewhat stiff, bu ...click for details
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18th c Famille Rose Landscape Bowl Jiaqing Mark Period
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Pre 1837 VR item# 419536 (stock# Jiaqing01)
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Sold Christie's Hongkong 11/27/07 Lot #1774
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A Jiaqing period (1796-1820) famille rose scenic landscape bowl with marvelous detail, imperial mark and of the period, and accompanied with a poem. The mountain scene is a literati micro-cosm of the ideal world. It is Lu-san, one of the sacred mountains of taoism. There are pavilions and a waterfall, with little figures on the paths. Outstanding detail with flowing lines. The Tang poem is in 7 word classic verse praising the clouds, the falls and the milky way in a kind of metaphor. Seal ma ...click for details
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