Lot 129

CHINESE SILK AND METALLIC EMBROIDERED HANGING
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Auction: 5 December 2012 at 10:00 GMT
£1,750
Description
worked in multicoloured silks and gold metallic threads against a celadon green ground, depicting a central image of a phoenix encircled by six coiled six toed dragons against a sky densely packed with clouds, ho-ho and other birds, insects, and auspicious items above a wave border, with a brown and blue patterned silk border
Dimensions
164cm wide, 161cm high
