Elegant 19th century Chinese “Yue” embroidered* silk peacock banner using finely woven coloured silk threads, and wafer-thin silver encased silk threads, on a red silk panel. The super-fine embroidery and expert blending of the beautiful colours is obviously the work of a master-crafts-person / artist, as on close inspection there can be no doubt that this is an expertly woven and visually stunning piece. The two close-up ‘framed’ photos show the exquisite embroidery in 1) just one square inch around the peacocks eye, 2) one square inch of the silver encased couched-stitched threads. Even the two tiny birds at the very top are superbly embroidered and individually different. And although this piece was woven in China in the 1800’s during the Qing Dynasty, it came out of Tibet and the back is lined with indigo-blue-dyed cotton cloth common there, while the blue strip across top is also of the same blue cotton material. The size is 106cm x 102cm (approximately 42in x 40in) and it is very good condition having been in the one owners loving hands now for over fifty years. *Yue embroidery, or Guangdong embroidery, originates from the vivid cultural landscape of Guangdong Province in the Pearl River Delta region of Southern China and has a history that dates back well over a millennia. For more photos and information regards ‘Yue’ embroidery, and the peacock’s relation to Buddhism, please see https://warpandweft.club/portfolio-item/china-item-9/