Length of 18th Century Dress Material
An extremely rare mid 18th century hand painted length of satin / silk. Delicately painted in original vibrant colours with floral, leafy swags with deep pinks, purple & blue flowering buds and green leaves with gilded details. Imported to England from the workshops in Guangzhou for the British market, at the time this fabric would […]
Dragon Boat Painting
A highly unusual, oval gouache painting, well detailed on a wooden panel. Depicting a Cantonese dragon festival boat in a choppy sea.
Silver Box
A rectangular silver box, decorated in deep relief on all five sides with a writhing dragon chasing a silver pearl amongst stylised clouds. Mark unknown.
Hat Box
A small leather circular hat box with lacquer decoration overall depicting scholars amongst pavilions and rock work. The pointed lid lacquered with five bats amongst clouds.
Scholars Rock
a) A natural rock in the form of a precipitous, craggy mountain. b) A naturally created rock forming a peaked landscape.
Pillows
An extremely rare pair of elbow pillows, in exotic brocade, manufactured on the Palace looms. The designs with Western Rococo and Chinese forms.
Enamel Dish
A heavy quatrefoil shaped enamel copper dish. Decorated with scholars’ items within a foliate border.
Lacquer Panels
A set of four small wooden panels well decorated on black lacquerground and gilt decoration, with Buddhist immortal’s seated upon lions, tigers and an elephant, before craggy rock work and gnarled pine trees.
Wine Vessel
A diminutive bronze wine pot with dragon handle and phoenix spout. The body with stiff leaf designs with later silver inlayed Hong Mu cover.
Velvet Bolt (1)
A light bluevoided velvet bolt with longevity roundels. See others in the Palace Museum.