A FRENCH BEAUVAIS STYLE CHINOISERIE TAPESTRY OF THE AUDIENCE OF THE EMPEROR
LATE 20TH CENTURY, AFTER A DESIGN BY GUY VERNANSAL, JEAN-BAPTISTE BELIN DE FONTENAY AND JEAN-BAPTISTE MONNOYER
Depicting a detail from the 'Histoire du Roi de Chine' series, centred by an enthroned Chinese Emperor beneath a canopy, flanked by an elephant and its tamer to the left and a guard to the right, before him with four kneeling figure, with mountain landscapes to the background, within a striped border
7 ft. 6 in. (229 cm.) x 6 ft. 4 in. (192 cm.)
A FRENCH BEAUVAIS STYLE CHINOISERIE TAPESTRY OF THE AUDIENCE OF THE EMPEROR
LATE 20TH CENTURY, AFTER A DESIGN BY GUY VERNANSAL, JEAN-BAPTISTE BELIN DE FONTENAY AND JEAN-BAPTISTE MONNOYER
Depicting a detail from the 'Histoire du Roi de Chine' series, centred by an enthroned Chinese Emperor beneath a canopy, flanked by an elephant and its tamer to the left and a guard to the right, before him with four kneeling figure, with mountain landscapes to the background, within a striped border
7 ft. 6 in. (229 cm.) x 6 ft. 4 in. (192 cm.)