A large Chinese embroidered silk hanging Late Qing dynasty, cyclically dated by...
A large Chinese embroidered silk hanging
Late Qing dynasty, cyclically dated by inscription to the wuzi year of Guangxu, corresponding to 1888 and of the period
The red silk ground embroidered in couched thread and small mirrors with the auspicious characters 聖壽無疆 Shèng shòu wújiāng, 'Holy life without boundaries', amidst phoenixes, lotus and peonies, Buddhist lions and happy omens, the lining to the reverse painted with the scene of a scholar gathering in a pine grove, the scholars playing chess, music, reading and drinking wine, 75cm x 433cm.
清光緒 紅地金線修聖壽無疆紋掛屏，光緒戊子年
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A large Chinese embroidered silk hanging
Late Qing dynasty, cyclically dated by inscription to the wuzi year of Guangxu, corresponding to 1888 and of the period
The red silk ground embroidered in couched thread and small mirrors with the auspicious characters 聖壽無疆 Shèng shòu wújiāng, 'Holy life without boundaries', amidst phoenixes, lotus and peonies, Buddhist lions and happy omens, the lining to the reverse painted with the scene of a scholar gathering in a pine grove, the scholars playing chess, music, reading and drinking wine, 75cm x 433cm.
清光緒 紅地金線修聖壽無疆紋掛屏，光緒戊子年
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