A Chinese Silk Tapestry

Mustard yellow silk ground with silk emboridery in orange, olive green and cream.
hanging lanterns with longevity characters in the center,
dragon heads off the top sides of with a bat in the center
dangling from the lantern sides are Buddhist motifs and treasures

68 x 56.5 (hemmed)

Collection of Virginia Smith, Durham, North Carolina

Good estate condition; some losses to silk in center behind support; some loose stitches; some small areas of discoloration and fading to reverse of hem; circular hooks in fabric at reverse and some fraying to silk edges from weight.