AN EXTREMELY RARE DOUBLE-SIDED EMBROIDERED GREEN SILK 'FLYING TIGER' BANNER KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) Each side of the flag is embroidered with a playful, muscular tiger standing on his hind legs with both forelegs raised triumphantly with large red-spotted wings, all amidst boldly rendered vaporous clouds. The whole is worked in satin stitch in yellow, cream, pale orange, green and blue hues on a pale green silk ground within an embroidered orangish-red silk serrated 'flame' border. 52 ½ x 49 ½ in. (133.4 x 125.7 cm.) overall
AN EXTREMELY RARE DOUBLE-SIDED EMBROIDERED GREEN SILK 'FLYING TIGER' BANNER KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) Each side of the flag is embroidered with a playful, muscular tiger standing on his hind legs with both forelegs raised triumphantly with large red-spotted wings, all amidst boldly rendered vaporous clouds. The whole is worked in satin stitch in yellow, cream, pale orange, green and blue hues on a pale green silk ground within an embroidered orangish-red silk serrated 'flame' border. 52 ½ x 49 ½ in. (133.4 x 125.7 cm.) overall
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