Republic Period Each embroidered on the red satin silk ground in brightly coloured and gilt threads, the first with a cockerel perched on craggy rockwork among tall irises and other flowers, the second with a crane beside lotuses, all framed by a scrolling gourd vine interspersed with bats and butterflies, below Buddhist symbols and above vases of flowers, each mounted as a scroll. 283cm (111 3/8in)x 47.5cm (18 3/4in) (2).