Lot 553
A Group of Four Chinese Silk Embroideries, 19th/20thc., the first, rectangular form, picked out in satin and knot stitch with bats and flower heads on a salmon silk ground, mounted within an embroidered silk "frame" border, 15 1/2 in. x 13 1/2 in., framed, overall 21 3/4 in. x 19 3/4 in.; the second, rectangular form, picked out in satin stitch with couched metallic thread highlights with birds, butterflies and floral motifs on a cream satin silk ground, mounted within an embroidered silk "frame" border, sight 25 1/2 in. x 12 5/8 in., framed, overall 27 in. x 14 1/4 in.; the third, rectangular form, picked out in satin stitch with a scene of exotic birds amid pine, prunus and lotus, on a cream satin silk ground, mounted within an embroidered silk "frame" border, 25 3/4 in. x 9 3/4 in., unframed; the fourth, rectangular form picked out in satin stitch with foliate scrolls on a pale pink satin silk ground, 35 7/8 in. x 13 in., unframed. (4 pcs.)
- Provenance: Provenance : Estate of Merle Tennyson Montjoy (1920-2008), sold for the benefit of the Mississippi Museum of Art.
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