Description
embroidered with the Eight Immortals facing from both side towards the central figure of Shoulao, flanked by the identical figure of an official under a tree, 460cm x 47cm; together with an ETCHING OF A CHINESE FUNERAL PROCESSION, by Major G. Martin, dated 5. August 1957, 50cm x 26cm (2)
Footnote
Provenance:
Presented to Lieutenant Colonel and Governor William Caine, appointed acting Governor of Hong Kong between May and September 1859.
Thence by family descent.