FIVE PAIRS OF EMBROIDERED SILK SLEEVEBANDS AND A SINGLE 'SUZHOU EMBROIDERY' 'PEACOCK' BAND

19th century

19th century
All finely embroidered in multi-coloured satin stitch and Peking knot, the first pair with colourful butterflies fluttering amidst a profusion of blossoming flowers, all on a rich cream ground, the second pair with Court figures in luxuriant gardens dotted with elegant pavilions, on a pearl-white ground, the third pair with lively crickets amidst fruiting branches of pomegranates and blossoming magnolias on cream ground; the fourth centred with large peaches above a standing deer carrying an auspicious vase on its back and beneath hovering cranes carrying a tally in their beak over an immortal land, all on a vibrant sky-blue ground, the fifth with gold thread designs of butterflies hovering over blossoming peonies, the single band with a crane and a pair of peacocks besides jagged rocks and flowering peony shrubs and prunus branches on a pale acqua ground. Embroidered area of the largest sleeveband, 59cm (23 2/8in) long. (11).

十九世紀 各式緞地刺繡袖帶五對 及蘇繡花鳥圖一件

Provenance: Linda Wrigglesworth, London

來源：倫敦Linda Wrigglesworth