A Large Embroidered Silk Hanging Scroll
19th Century
Finely worked in satin stitch, Peking knot and couched gold and silver threads, depicting a pair of cranes standing beneath a pine tree amidst rocks and foliage in shades of brown, blue, green, salmon and red, the bushy tail feathers of one of the birds picked out in peacock feather-wrapped threads
60 x 28in. (152.4 x 71.2cm), mounted as a hanging scroll
A Large Embroidered Silk Hanging Scroll
19th Century
Finely worked in satin stitch, Peking knot and couched gold and silver threads, depicting a pair of cranes standing beneath a pine tree amidst rocks and foliage in shades of brown, blue, green, salmon and red, the bushy tail feathers of one of the birds picked out in peacock feather-wrapped threads
60 x 28in. (152.4 x 71.2cm), mounted as a hanging scroll
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