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A Canton coverlet of blue silk satin
embroidered in coloured silks with a central lobed medallion with a pair of "kissing" birds and a heart pierced with arrows below, the field of small floral sprigs, in each corner a Paradise Flycatcher, and a border with figures in vignettes of leafy and trailing flowers--56 x 86in. (140 x 215cm), late 19th century
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embroidered in coloured silks with a central lobed medallion with a pair of "kissing" birds and a heart pierced with arrows below, the field of small floral sprigs, in each corner a Paradise Flycatcher, and a border with figures in vignettes of leafy and trailing flowers--56 x 86in. (140 x 215cm), late 19th century
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