Two embroidered textiles


Late Qing/Republic periodThe first a pair of uncut sleeve bands of ivory color, densely embroidered in silk flosses depicting the 'One Hundred-Boy at Play' theme, framed with ribbons decorated with butterflies within wider black bands embroidered with flowers and butterflies amid stylized scrolling patterns worked with gold-couch threads (staining, wear and losses to some embroidered detail on border bands); the second a gauze panel embroidered in colorful threads, displaying exotic long-tailed birds perching on rocks near a pond with two egrets, under a blooming hibiscus tree; all framed with bands embroidered with leafy flowers (two small brownish stains).28 and 64 1/2in (71.1 and 163.8cm)