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Day 2 - Fine Art, Chinese, Jewelry & Antiques

Sun, Mar 24, 2024 11:00AM EDT
Lot 1016a

Fine Chinese Silk Embroidered Alter Skirt (Tok Wi)

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

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20 th Century. The lavish festival Tok Wi embroidered and couched in silk and metallic threads,the upper panel depicting two wreathing mang dragons (four-claw) in pursuit of a flaming pearl,amidst floating flames and puffy clouds, with four auspicious figures and mythical beasts, all ona red silk ground, the lower panel embroidered with colorful diagonal stripes representing thesea, with a center emerging stepped tower, a depiction of a rocky outcrop, flanked by archedblue and green frothy waves, backed with tan silk fabric.41 in. by 8 ft. Cf. Popularized during the Qing dynasty, the offered cloth, a Tok Wi, was the front covering to ahousehold alter,the bright red ground is an indicator that it was used on special occasions and festival days. These TokWi werepopular and most likely made for the Straits Chinese, now the Chinese population of Malaysia andSingapore. Thesealter skirts were produced locally and in Southern China, specifically for use in the Southeast Asianmarket. Location 02

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