清十九世紀 緙絲八仙慶壽圖立軸

woven with a scene depicting Xiwangmu, riding on a phoenix accompanied by female attendants, arriving at a celestial terrace with various immortals including the Eight Daoist Immortals awaiting to greet her, set in a landscape filled with pavilions, mountains, clouds, waves and rockwork issuing pine and wutong trees, all in different shades of blue, green, cream, orange and brown with painted details, mounted with blue and white porcelain scroll ends

緬因州巴爾港故藏

There is fading, minor staining and minor foxing overall. There are a few small holes and minor separation between the colors in a few places. There appears to be touch-up to the body of the phoenix. The scrolls ends have been off and reattached and there is fritting and chips to the edges. The scroll paper has foxing and the top end has been reattached.
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