Two embroidered silk textiles


Late Qing/Republic periodThe first a woman's grey silk brocade two-section skirt with a fu-lion facing a spotted leopard on one front panel and an elephant facing a tiger on the second panel, rendered in intricate chain and satin stitch with couched gilt-thread highlights (wear); the second a red silk panel worked in gilt couched threads accenting shades of blue that define the flowering plants, garden rocks and butterflies.39 1/4in (99.7cm) length of skirt including cotton waist band37 34 x 20 3/4in 96 x 52.5cm) the red silk panel