A pair of large embroidered silk panels


Late Qing/ Republic period Each vertical panel originally of rectangular format but the top edge now folded under diagonally; the ivory brocade ground embroidered in colorful satin threads with mirror images of a large garden containing a towered gazebo near a lotus pond, seasonal flowers and auspicious plants rising from perforated rocks, deer roaming beneath exotic birds perching on lush trees or in flight, and distant mountain peaks rising toward clouds; the borders edged with blue silk, and the lower margin suspending colorful silk tassels; mounted and framed.95in (241.3cm) length of longer side excluding tassel and frame30in (76.2cm) width of silk panel