. Rare and beautiful Oriental art treasures of supreme quality. with plum blossoms: thelame beggar immortal is here, as is Hwang Chu-Ping,transforming the rocks into goats to prove his identity asa shepherd to his priest-brother—together with others ofthe numerous Taoist immortals, among pine and plum trees,rocks, waters, clouds, and the sacred fungus, all executedin a soft harmony of color, with outlines and details deli-cately wrought in gold. Length, 7 feet 1 incli; width, ISy, inches. 245—Two Antique Chinese Velvet Wall Hangings (Eigh-teenth century)In a velvet field of delicate coral, wit
. Rare and beautiful Oriental art treasures of supreme quality. with plum blossoms: thelame beggar immortal is here, as is Hwang Chu-Ping,transforming the rocks into goats to prove his identity asa shepherd to his priest-brother—together with others ofthe numerous Taoist immortals, among pine and plum trees,rocks, waters, clouds, and the sacred fungus, all executedin a soft harmony of color, with outlines and details deli-cately wrought in gold. Length, 7 feet 1 incli; width, ISy, inches. 245—Two Antique Chinese Velvet Wall Hangings (Eigh-teenth century)In a velvet field of delicate coral, with a silken sheen of sil-ver^^-pink hue, are two dogs Fu grasping fillets of the bro-caded ball, two four-clawed dragons each coiled about theflaming emblem of omnipotence. Buddhistic symbols andconventional cloud-scrolls—all in brilliant gold. Gold isused also for the border ground, on which archaic dragonsin velvet, instead of guarding or pursuing the coveted jewel,grasp ju-i scepters from which fire tongues issue. Length, 75 inches; width, 21 No. 248IMPERIAL PALACE LARGE SILK VELVET WALL HANGING 24?6—Four Antique Chinese Velvet Wall Hangings {Eigh-teenth century)All-over decoration of the so-called monster-head pat-tern, in gold on a ground of coral-red; swastika-fret bor-der in the coral velvet on gold-thread ground at the top andbottom. Length, 67 inches; width, 201/2 inches. 24^7—Chinese Brocade Table-cover in Red and Gold (Eigh-teenth century)A rich rose red of remarkable quality, through which runsan intricate adornment in gold, formed of gracefully inter-locking and continuous sprays and scrolls of the peony andlotus in high conventionalization. Length, 64 inches; width, 59 inches. 248—Imperial Palace Large Silk Velvet Wall Hanging (Kang-hsi)A fabric of royal luxuriance and great beauty, soft intexture, delicate and affluent at once in color, abundant inthe poetic symmetry of its decoration. The velvet groundis a brilliant, glowing sapphire-blue (in
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