An embroidered silk hanging, Late Qing Dynasty | 晚清 刺綉瑞獸圖挂屏

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An embroidered silk hanging

Late Qing Dynasty

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of rectangular shape, embroidered with metallic and multi-coloured threads on an apricot ground two qilin glancing over their shoulders, surrounded by various smaller animals, birds and antiquities, all under a narrow band depicting two pairs of four-clawed dragons contesting flaming pearls against a black ground

194.5 by 83 cm, 76 5/8 by 32 5/8 in.