Fine & Rare Chinese 18th Century Silk Brocade Cover possibly for a Kang, with horizontal rows of Peony Heads, Leaves and Butterflies in cream, greens and blues on a peach pink ground with horizontal cloud borders, the reverse lined in red cloud silk damask. Height 78 inches (198 cm.) X width 53 inches (134 cm.). PROVENANCE: Purchased from Christie's NY, Asian Decorative Arts, October 17, 2001, Lot 429.

Light age related wear, more to the red lining than the brocade. NOTE: Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Eddie's Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. We do not carry out in-depth research of the sort carried out by professional historians and scholars, and any statements made by us orally or in writing about any lot concerning attribution to an artist, provenance, period, materials, origin, history, or dates represent an opinion of Eddie's Auction and are not to be relied on as a statement of fact. Such opinions serve for informative purposes only and do not constitute historic or academic scholarship on the works and do not aim to substitute or contradict any such scholarship.