AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE IMPERIAL YELLOW EMBROIDERED SILK WALL HANGING FOR AN EMPRESS
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE IMPERIAL YELLOW EMBROIDERED SILK WALL HANGING FOR AN EMPRESS GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908) Embroidered with nine large phoenixes arranged in triangular formation flying amidst bold ruyi -form clouds, below a row of smaller panels of descending and ascending phoenixes bordered by a narrow band of single lingzhi plants 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 light yellow ground 15 ft. 3 in. x 15 ft. 6 in. (466.3 x 475.4 cm.) long
AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE IMPERIAL YELLOW EMBROIDERED SILK WALL HANGING FOR AN EMPRESS
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE IMPERIAL YELLOW EMBROIDERED SILK WALL HANGING FOR AN EMPRESS GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908) Embroidered with nine large phoenixes arranged in triangular formation flying amidst bold ruyi -form clouds, below a row of smaller panels of descending and ascending phoenixes bordered by a narrow band of single lingzhi plants 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 light yellow ground 15 ft. 3 in. x 15 ft. 6 in. (466.3 x 475.4 cm.) long
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