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A BERLIN CHINOISERIE TAPESTRY DEPICTING ‘THE AUDIENCE OF THE PRINCE’ BY Jea

Sold for £209,000 at Christie's on Mar 22, 2017.

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A BERLIN CHINOISERIE TAPESTRY DEPICTING ‘THE AUDIENCE OF THE PRINCE’ BY JEAN BARRABAND OR JEAN II BARRABAND, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, AFTER DESIGNS BY GUY-LOUIS VERNANSAL, JEANBAPTISTE BELIN DE FONTENAY AND JEAN-BAPTISTE MONNOYER Woven in silks and wools, from the Grossmogulenfolge, depicting the ‘Grossmogul’ seated to the centre on a throne fanked by an elephant and courtiers below a baldacchin, the Empress on a chariot to the right and a draped table with blue and white porcelain to the left, the border woven with shells, fgures and tables covered with blue and white teaware, the upper bolder partially folded and sewn under 10 ft. 2 1/2 in. x 17 ft. 7 in. (311 x 536 cm.)

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