Lot 224

An Embroidered Chinese Marriage Banner worked in coloured silks and metallic threads on a crimson silk ground; depicting four octagonal calligraphy panels bordered in key pattern bands, surrounded by a kites, a scrolling dragon, kylin, tortoises, phoenixes and exotic birds, appliquéd with mirrored roundels, and having an added band to the top and decoratively banded border with tasseled fringing to the base, 32” (81 cm) drop, 127” (323 cm) in width.

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Description

An Embroidered Chinese Marriage Banner worked in coloured silks and metallic threads on a crimson silk ground; depicting four octagonal calligraphy panels bordered in key pattern bands, surrounded by a kites, a scrolling dragon, kylin, tortoises, phoenixes and exotic birds, appliquéd with mirrored roundels, and having an added band to the top and decoratively banded border with tasseled fringing to the base, 32” (81 cm) drop, 127” (323 cm) in width.