An embroidered coverlet of ivory silk satin worked in coloured floss silks and couched gilt thread, with a central medallion with a pair of phoenix and a flaming pearl, within a field with four Paradise Flycatchers and lions in each corner, framed by a narrow border with flower vases and a broader outer border with birds and lotus flowers, with two later inserted panels at one end for bed posts--104in x 100in., Chinese, 18th century