A rare silk brocade hanging of the buddhist paradise Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period

finely woven with gold and coloured thread to the central panel with the Buddha in three mudras, representing the Past, Present and Future, each figure seated in meditation on a lotus throne, above an assembly of the 'Eighteen Luohans' and the 'Guardians of the Four Directions' amid scrolling clouds, all below the five characters wu liang shou zun fo (Amitayas, buddha of Eternal Life) woven in gold thread separating the sun and moon discs respectively enclosing a cockerel and a hare, and eight asparas bearing tributes, framed by an elaborate lotus-scroll border, modern frame