106
788173
AN ALTAR DRAPE, embroidered silk. A fragment. China late Qing dynasty. 66,5 x 213-231,5 cm.
AN ALTAR DRAPE, embroidered silk. A fragment. China late Qing dynasty. 66,5 x 213-231,5 cm.
Embroideries in silk, yellow and white metal threads. A dark blue ground with ten polychrome dragon medallions and a wide border with five-clawed dragons among clouds chasing the burning pearl over waves and the holy mountain. Lined.
Minor stains and damages.
Provenance
From the Collection of Ove Christian Lunn, Danish Diplomat and Consul General for Denmark in Shanghai 1928-1935. Ove Christian had an exciting diplomatic career and was posted 1910-18 in Oslo, 1918-24 in San Francisco, 1924-28 Melbourne and then finally Shanghai 1928-35. Unfortunately he died of pneumonia one week after returning to Copenhagen in 1935. His wife, Ruth moved in to a house in Vedbaek, where the objects have been ever since.