LATE QING DYNASTY

For a pair of temple banners of this type comprised of multicolored silk damask strips pendent from a cloud-shaped plaque see R.D. Jacobsen, Imperial Silks; Ch'ing Dynasty Textiles in the Minneapolis Museum of Arts, 2000, vol. II, pp. 988-9, no. 489. See, also, a pair of embroidered temple banners from the collection of Linda Wrigglesworth, sold at Christie’s New York, The Imperial Wardrobe: Fine Chinese Costume and Textiles from the Linda Wrigglesworth Collection, 19 March 2008, lot 141.