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224-THREE ANTIQUE CHINESE VELVET ENTRANCE HANGINGS
(Eighteenth century)
Effulgent in a marvelous sheen, the silken surface discloses
in tones of rose and a most delicate green a decoration of
dragons emerging from the sea and disporting among the
clouds, ever with the coveted jewel of power eluding them,
and a border of conventional lotus scroll, the overhang-
ing top displaying the same motives.
Breadth, 40 inches j depth, 34 inches.

225- EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER OF OLD-GOLD ( Ch'ien-lung)
Quadrilateral with rounded corners. The ground of soft
and lustrous old-gold is embroidered with blossoming pe-
onies, sprigs of the mei and symbolic bats, in pink, green,
white, blue and dark apricot, about a central oblong pane]
bordered in gold thread, embracing a composite lattice in
brilliant blue, with the interspaces adorned with various
designs in bright colors. The lattice is interrupted by a
medallion of peonies, plum blossoms and bats in the colors
of the outer body, the golden ground continuing through-
out.
Length, 55% inches j width, 42% inches.

226- IMPERIAL YELLOW EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER (Ch'ien-
lung)
Square, with niched corners. An outer border of bats
among the clouds is succeeded on all sides by a border of
leaping waves, floating on which appear numerous symbols
and ornaments, with rocks and the sacred fungus at the
corners, all executed in brilliant rain bow colors. Within,
the brilliant field is made resplendent with nine imperial
five-clawed dragons worked in gold, and while they are as
usual in pursuit of the flaming jewel, among cloud-scrolls
where bats also fly, each of the dragons grasps in one claw
a peach, pomegranate, Buddha's-hand citron or other
Buddhistic symbol, the symbols, bats, clouds and jewels be-
ing embroidered in varicolored silks. A palatial fabric,
veritably.
Dimensions, 53 inches square.