Lot 536 , A Chinese embroidered silk picture of birds amid rockwork and foliage, late 19th / early 20th century, 56 x 63cm, losses to frame

A Chinese embroidered silk picture of birds amid rockwork and foliage, late 19th / early 20th century, including two peacocks, two chickens and two cranes, 41 x 48cm, some staining, contained in a Chinese rosewood frame with trellis pierced border, 56 x 63cm, losses to frame
Estimate £150-250

The embroidered panel itself has slight fading to the colours, there is staining to the ivory silk ground in the sky at the top to the right hand side and particularly beneath the rockwork and peacocks tail feathers, the rosewood frame has numerous losses to the fretwork border.


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Sold for £1,500