Antique Chinese Embroidered Confucian Silk Hanging.

Chinese: Textiles: Pictorial Pre 1920: item #1087321
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This hanging depicts a family ritual ceremony of a Confucian aristocratic household. Little metal wrapped thread couching and embroidery on red silk ground. Bordered with a figured and embossed silk ribbon. Brown silk lining. Condition: slightly faded, few loose threads, one tiny hole. Dimension: 70 cm x 111 cm.

Chinese Embroidered Hanging with Hehe Erxian.

Chinese: Textiles: Pictorial Pre 1920: item #1086792
SK 351

Red silk embroidered with polychrome and couched gold wrapped threads. The central medallion is depicting the Hehe twins, surrounded by flowers, grapes, bats and Buddhist lions. Lined with printed Western fabric. Condition: missing and loose threads, faded, border with few small holes, shortened, mended, lining with stains and small loss. Dimension: 70 cm x 61 cm.

Silk Embroidery Painting: Peonies, Birds & Calligraphy

Chinese: Textiles: Pictorial Pre 1920: item #1011514

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A Fine Antique Chinese Scenic Tapestry Rug

Chinese: Textiles: Pictorial Pre 1920: item #948383

A fine antique Chinese pictorial rug that measures 5' long by 3' 1" wide without the fringe. It is 3' 5" with the fringe. This rug is in excellent condition for its age with very minor fading. It does need to be cleaned but there are no holes, tears or repairs. I believe it dates to the very early part of the 20th century.

The scene consists of a crane standing on rocks amongst peonies with a pair of deer standi... Click for details

Chinese Embroidered Ceremonial Textile

Chinese: Textiles: Pictorial Pre 1900: item #915467
6091

Embroidery and quilting on silk with couched and embroidered silver colored metal thread showing dragon and peonies, with squirrels in border areas. The embroidery appears to have been made for a Daoist shrine in the "Pine Mountain" area according to the inscription. The embroidery is in good condition. Several loose threads have been restored and some of the beads have been replaced. This is an example of a Peranakan embroidery, made for the Straits Chinese of Penang, Singapore or Malacca, for ... Click for details

Chinese Painting on Silk of Lohan

Chinese: Textiles: Pictorial Pre 1950: item #777764
TX63

DESCRIPTION: A beautifully rendered ink and gilt painting on silk depicting the Lohan Chieh-po-ka. In Buddhist tradition there are Eighteen Lohan, also called Arhat or Arahat, who are the personal disciples of Buddha. Chieh-po-ka, or Gobaka the Protector, is the ninth Lohan. Tradition is that he was stationed on the Gandhamadana mountain with a retinue of 900 arhats, and is usually represented in contemplation with a fan in his hand. Here we see him seated on a round mat placed on a rock out... Click for details

Antique Embroidered Silk Kesi Panel w Figures

Chinese: Textiles: Pictorial Pre 1700: item #713566

This silk panel with embroidered figures of Six Chinese Immortals measures 12 x 29 inches (including the carved and gilded frame it sits in under glass).

It dates from the late Ming through early Ching Dynasty.

It is in good condition with a few small areas... Click for details

Embroidered Silk Chinese Collar, Framed

Chinese: Textiles: Pictorial Pre 1900: item #511168
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This large, striking 19th century Chinese embroidered silk collar from Shaanxi Province was made to be worn over a silk robe on festive occasions. The collar was created from 40 separate petal-shaped pieces of black silk fanned around a lined neck band. Outer petals are embroidered with 20 different colorful butterflies; inner petals have 20 different vases holding a variety of flowers. Backed with white silk and set within a traditional Asian frame, this costume piece from China's provincial pa... Click for details

Guangxu Period Manadarin Rank Badge Embroidery

Chinese: Textiles: Pictorial Pre 1900: item #460187
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Another Guanxgu period Qing dynasty embroidery civil rank badge with a crane in blue. It is worn on the back (seam in the middle) of a robe and denotes the rank of the mandarin. In a simple frame. 19th century not repro. 12" square approximately. Slight fading to the blue, gold and silver threads in good condition.

Antique Chinese Framed Embroidery Boys at Festival

Chinese: Textiles: Pictorial Pre 1900: item #377178
TexCh012

This is fun, a Chinese embroidery of 2 figures at a festival, one playing a drum and another holding a lantern. Perhaps it was the autumn lantern festival. Both robes were done entirely in the fancy "forbidden knot" or Peking stitch (see detail pictures). It is most likely from an old robe or decorative hanging used for festivals. The fun frame is in red, and has golden dragons climbing all over. About 16 1/2 by 13 1/2 inches in the frame. The textile is about 100 years old and the frame is new.... Click for details