A Chinese brown silk 'dragon' brocade, mounted as a Japanese temple hanging...
A Chinese brown silk 'dragon' brocade, mounted as a Japanese temple hanging
The silk, late Ming/early Qing dynasty,17th century
The three fragments woven with dragons amidst peonies, flaming pearls, phoenixes and Buddhist lions, stitched together and with a canvas backing, and loop for hanging at the top, the reverse inscribed, 77cm x 87cm, in Japanese mustard-yellow cotton wrap.
明末清初十七世紀 棕地龍紋刺繡，後製為日本寺廟掛幡
A Chinese brown silk 'dragon' brocade, mounted as a Japanese temple hanging
The silk, late Ming/early Qing dynasty,17th century
The three fragments woven with dragons amidst peonies, flaming pearls, phoenixes and Buddhist lions, stitched together and with a canvas backing, and loop for hanging at the top, the reverse inscribed, 77cm x 87cm, in Japanese mustard-yellow cotton wrap.
明末清初十七世紀 棕地龍紋刺繡，後製為日本寺廟掛幡
