Early 20th century Chinese embroidery, to include a single s...

Hammer

£190

Early 20th century Chinese embroidery, to include a single silk sleeve band, unused, worked in pastels with some dark blue highlights, showing figures at leisure in the garden, some holding fans; a panel of cream silk, embroidered in coloured silks, mainly pastels, with a stylized tree and blossom, complemented by larger flowers, attracting a bird in flight, the plumage being defined with a variety of stitches approx. 65 cm by 61cm; together with a beaded and embroidered purse, possibly Straits Chinese, the front panel with stitched border containing beadwork designs, the inside in three sections, one being underneath the front flap; and a more modern small tablemat embroidered in couched gold thread and blue silk (4)

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Mostly in good order. The plain edges of the sleeve band are very foxed, but the central panel has only minor marks near the bottom.