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East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a beautiful hand woven and embroidered and brocaded silk textile fragment mounted on a modern purple felt within a glass and wood frame. The ground panel is a peach-colored brocade, heavily embroidered in green, black, blue, pink, purple, and red threads- a floral and foliate pattern with butterflies and blooming peonies dispersed throughout. Embroidery such as this was often used on women's robes, the flowers symbolized virtues such as beauty and innocence, and marital fidelity when paired with butterflies. Size (textile): 13" L x 6.75" W (33 cm x 17.1 cm); (frame): 17" L x 11" W (43.2 cm x 27.9 cm)

Provenance: ex-Nancy and Dr. E.F. Simpson collection, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from 1970 to 2000

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#172183

Fragment of larger piece as shown. Some fraying to peripheries of brocade threads and a few stains. Professionally mounted and framed in a glass and wood frame.