明十七世紀 緙絲雲鶴紋寶座掛幅 鏡框

finely woven in red, blue, green black and white threads with a crane perched on rockwork amongst fruiting peaches and pomegranates and scrolling clouds, below a smaller crane in flight, all above a ruyi-shaped panel of a lotus flower above two smaller confronting cranes amongst further scrolling clouds and breaking waves, framed

There is some separation between the different colours, some light puckering, some loose threads and very minor pulls. The panel is mounted and has not been examined out of its frame.
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