A LARGE IVORY-GROUND SILK KANG COVER Circa 1900A LARGE IVORY-GROUND SILK KANG COVERCirca 1900Of rectangular form, delicately worked in shades of red, blue, green, yellow, white and purple with a central medallion enclosing a central blossoming lotus and smaller blooms, all surrounded by a profusion of further blossoming lotus and large peonies issuing from acanthus leaves and interspersed with bats and endless knots, the reverse lined with yellow-ground silk damask woven with five-clawed dragon designs.145cm (57in) x 110cm (43 2/8in).約1900 黃地緞繡纏枝蓮紋炕罩Provenance: an Italian private collection來源：意大利私人收藏Finely embroidered in multi-coloured silks, the present cover is an elegant testament to the scale and opulence of the Qing Court. The cover would have probably lined a large platform within an important hall where the highest-ranking members of the Court sat to rest or entertain.Compare with a related large yellow-ground silk embroidered seat kang seat cushion cover, 19th century, embroidered with a profusion of blossoming lotus, illustrated by M.Myers, Silks for Altars and Thrones, Paris, 2003, p.71, no.32.is_parse: 20230413image: yuzhan_bonhams_item.jpgsold_price_type: £