Two rare Chinese silk orange-yellow brocade 'Lotus' flower panels
Two rare Chinese silk orange-yellow brocade 'Lotus' flower panels, Ming dynasty, 15th or 16th century, the lotus flower symbolic of fruitfulness and abundance with the pattern is woven with a flat silver paper thread, with large flower heads, lotus pods and scrolling foliage, each approximately 24cm x 28cm (2)明十五-十六世紀 橘黃地寶相花繡片一組兩件
Condition Report: for the age the condition presentable but with slight loss to the silver threads and fraying and some fading
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Two rare Chinese silk orange-yellow brocade 'Lotus' flower panels, Ming dynasty, 15th or 16th century, the lotus flower symbolic of fruitfulness and abundance with the pattern is woven with a flat silver paper thread, with large flower heads, lotus pods and scrolling foliage, each approximately 24cm x 28cm (2)明十五-十六世紀 橘黃地寶相花繡片一組兩件
Condition Report: for the age the condition presentable but with slight loss to the silver threads and fraying and some fading
