Silk & gold embroidery, two foo lion dogs playing, bat, peonies, China
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Textiles: Pre 1900: Item # 1468511
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Textiles: Pre 1900: Item # 1468511
Please refer to our stock # 11071 when inquiring.
$300.00
Almost square hand-made embroidery. On a background of green satin silk two lion dogs, or foo dogs, are playing with a ball and each other between peonies and other flowers, next to a rock formation, a bat in the upper right corner. They are embroidered by hand with bright colors of silk in straight stiches and looped stiches, the lions detailed and outlined with gold-thread, which are twisted silk threads wrapped in thin gold foil.
The image is framed with a wool woven band with geometric motifs and framed by a border of silk brocade. The back is covered with thin cloth that is woven with green silk warp and gold thread weave, giving it a golden sheen.
China, late Qing dynasty, late 19th century
H 16 x W 14.4 in.
Few tiny insect holes in the brocade. All in all, excellent condition
