An embroidered hanging of red wool facecloth, worked in silks and couched gilt thread with dragons and phoenixes amidst peonies--42 x 110in. (105 x 275cm.); and an embroidered frieze of red wool facecloth, worked with blue and white peonies--33 x 122in. (75 x 310cm.), Chinese, late 19th century (2)

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