An embroidered hanging of ivory satin, worked in silks with a pheasant and numerous further birds including cranes, cockerels and wading water-birds in a flower-filled landscape, with a blossoming magnolia tree above and with prunus, peonies and further blooms below, the borders worked with a vine of many flowers, Canton, 19th century, (some slight wear)--138½ x 73in. (352 x 185cm)

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An embroidered hanging of ivory satin, worked in silks with a pheasant and numerous further birds including cranes, cockerels and wading water-birds in a flower-filled landscape, with a blossoming magnolia tree above and with prunus, peonies and further blooms below, the borders worked with a vine of many flowers, Canton, 19th century, (some slight wear)--138½ x 73in. (352 x 185cm)

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