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220-SET OF FOUR CHINESE SILK TAPESTRY WALL HANGINGS
(Circa 1800)
On ground of a delicate, soft green, with a light shimmer,
varied groups of literary ladies are watching boys at play
or aiding in their amusement, in gardens where are rocks
and pavilions, bamboo, maple and plum trees, all worked
in harmonious notes of green, brown, buff, blue and black,
with outlines and ornament in gold.
Length, 43 inches; width, 12 inches.

221-Two ANTIQUE CHINESE VELVET ENTRANCE HANGINGS
(Eighteenth century)
Brilliant gold decoration of dragons emerging from the sea
and pursuing the flaming jewel of omnipotence in a field of
rose velvet, five of the supernatural monsters appearing.
Border of conventionalized lotus scroll in velvet on a gold
ground.
Breadth, 397'2 inches j depth, 327'2 inches.

222-THREE ANTIQUE CHINESE VELVET ENTRANCE HANGINGS
(Eighteenth century)
A ground of delicate red, now rose, now cherry, as the light
strikes it, carries an elaborate decoration in pale green,
entirely in the dragon motive, with a lotus scroll border, and
everywhere is a brilliant sheen. A huge dragon above
waves, the whirling jewel seen amid his coils, occupies a
large proportion of the space, with lesser dragons writh-
ing in the ether amongst cloud-scrolls above him, and
others emerging from the sea below. In the overhanging
drop, above, two more dragons are in pursuit of the pearl
of omnipotence or fiery jewel which appears between them
above more waves.
Breadth, 40 inches,' depth, 337'2 inches.

228-Two ANTIQUE CHINESE VELVET ENTRANCE HANGINGS
(Eighteenth century)
All-over decoration of the conventional "monster-head pat-
tern," in gold thread within a ground of coral velvet. Bor-
der of the swastika fret in velvet on a gold ground.
Breadth, 40 inches j depth, 337'2 inches.