Qing Embroidered Silk Peacock Wall Hanging
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Pre 1910 item# 838315 (stock# 41-63)
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Silk Road Gallery
(203) 208-0771
$425
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A peacock embroidered in jewel tones stands on a low tree peony branch on this large red silk wall hanging from the late Qing period. During China’s Ming and Qing Dynasties, the peacock was used as a symbol of rank and also was presented as recognition for meritorious service. It symbolized beauty and dignity, and often was combined, as here, with the tree peony, emblem of Spring and good fortune. This peacock, its tail and wings spread wide against the red silk, is regal in shades of teal, pur ...click for details
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Embroidered Silk Chinese Collar, Framed
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Pre 1900 item# 511168 (stock# 52-23)
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$1200
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This large, striking 19th century Chinese embroidered silk collar from Shaanxi Province was made to be worn over a silk robe on festive occasions. The collar was created from 40 separate petal-shaped pieces of black silk fanned around a lined neck band. Outer petals are embroidered with 20 different colorful butterflies; inner petals have 20 different vases holding a variety of flowers. Backed with white silk and set within a traditional Asian frame, this costume piece from China's provincia ...click for details
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Child's Embroidered Silk Collar, Framed
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Pre 1910 item# 151738 (stock# 52-16)
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(203) 208-0771
$450
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Seven silk lappets, each embroidered with a lamb, form this charming provincial child's collar from the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). An art form in China for 4000 years, embroidery in both city and country households used symbolic animals, birds and flowers in free designs to express hopes for the future of family members. The lambs on this Shaanxi Province collar symbolize filial piety, an important Confucian trait, which the home embroiderer encouraged in her child seven times over. Call ...click for details
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