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227-IMPERIAL YELLOW EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER (Ch'ien-
lung)
Quadrilateral with rounded corners. Solid ground of im-
perial yellow, richly embroidered in soft silks of many col-
ors. In the center is a medallion of pine and peach trees,
the green of the pines contrasting with the rich hues of the
ripening peaches, and the trunks of the trees worked in
gray. In the surrounding field storks fly amongst cloud-
scrolls, flower sprays, and branches of the sacred fungus,
and around all is a wide border of bat medallions and peony
sprays.
Length, 5014 inches,' width, 42% inches.

228-SET OF FOUR CHINESE Srr.x TAPESTRY WALL HANGINGS
( K' ang-hsi)
Narrow panels exhibiting storks, landscapes, flowers and
fruit, with conventional devices, in many colors on a spark-
ling gold ground. High up are large storks among rocks,
with their heads amongst clusters of the peaches of longev-
ity, and near the bottom, above curling waves, two storks
fly toward each other on opposite sides of a ju-i symbol.
Above them are cloud scrolls, scepters and other designs,
about a large foliate medallion enclosing the Indian lotus.
The colors include light and dark blue, red, green, white,
yellow, brown, pink and black.
Length, 61 inches; width, 18% inches.

229-SET OF FOUR ANTIQUE CHINESE VELVET WALL HANGINGS
(Eighteenth century)
The ground is the richest of rose-red raised to the brilliancy
of jewels, and it is adorned in the phoenix and peony motive
in a soft, subdued, greenish-gold. The ornamentation pre-
sents large peony blossoms and intricate conventional
scrolls, together with an enclosure in a foliate medallion,
while emblematic bats and other symbols are also found, and
at the bottom two of the fabulous birds, feng-huang,
emblems of the Empress, and harbingers of the advent of
virtuous rulers. Around this field is a border of most in-
tense and brilliant azure, with a floral scroll harmonizing
with that of the body decoration in the glowing rose hue.
Length, 60 inches; 't£.'idth, 20 inches.