A EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE IMPERIAL YELLOW EMBROIDERED SILK 'PHOENIX' HANGING
A EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE IMPERIAL YELLOW EMBROIDERED SILK 'PHOENIX' HANGING GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908) Embroidered with eight phoenixes arranged symmetrically in flight amidst bold ruyi -form clouds, with a ninth central phoenix standing on top of a rock, below a row of smaller panels of descending and ascending phoenixes bordered by a narrow band of single lingzhi fungus and an additional band of phoenixes shown in profile at the top, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem incorporating the Eight Buddhist Emblems and other auspicious objects emerging from turbulent waves, all reserved on a pale yellow-ground 16 ft. 6 in. x 14 ft. 11 in. (503 x 457 cm.) long
A EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE IMPERIAL YELLOW EMBROIDERED SILK 'PHOENIX' HANGING
A EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE IMPERIAL YELLOW EMBROIDERED SILK 'PHOENIX' HANGING GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908) Embroidered with eight phoenixes arranged symmetrically in flight amidst bold ruyi -form clouds, with a ninth central phoenix standing on top of a rock, below a row of smaller panels of descending and ascending phoenixes bordered by a narrow band of single lingzhi fungus and an additional band of phoenixes shown in profile at the top, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem incorporating the Eight Buddhist Emblems and other auspicious objects emerging from turbulent waves, all reserved on a pale yellow-ground 16 ft. 6 in. x 14 ft. 11 in. (503 x 457 cm.) long
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