Two Chinese Silk Embroideries, probably 19th c., the first, a satchel, worked in running knot and satin stitch with couched gold thread highlights with lotus blossoms and butterflies on a pale pink ground, height 4 7/8 in., width 7 in., framed, overall 8 3/4 in. x 10 3/4 in.; the second, a fragment, worked in couched gold and silver threads and running knot stitch with leaves on a salmon damask ground, embroidered border, framed, overall 8 3/4 in. x 14 1/2 in Provenance: Estate of Merle Tennyson Montjoy (1920-2008), sold for the benefit of the Mississippi Museum of Art.