A Large Framed Chinese Silk Embroidery of the Female Immortal He

A large framed and glazed Chinese Qing dynasty silk embroidered tapestry panel of a female immortal, most likely Magu, late 19th century, China. The large Chinese silk panel beautifully embroidered with an image of the Taoist female immortal Magu. Magu wears luxurious, long, flowing robes, with scarf billowing around her and a gourd drinking vessel hanging tied around her waist. She holds aloft in one hand an archaic ritual wine vessel...

A striking Indonesian silk kain lawon with a central diamond pattern, Sumatra, Indonesia, late 19th or early 20th century. The ceremonial shawl, call...

A rich and luxurious kain limar songket, shoulder cloth for a woman, ikat dyed and woven silk (limar) with supplementary weft woven metallic gold thread brocade (songket), circa 1900...

A pair of exquisite pillows made of Chinese 18th century silk embroidered floral pattern fragments in soft gold color and antique tassels fringes and ri...

A near pair of Chinese export porcelain figures of the Taoist immortal Li Tieguai, Qing Dynasty, late 18th century, China. The Daoist Immortal Li Tieguai, on of the Eight Immortals...

A delightful famille verte enameled porcelain figural group of the He-He Er Xian, the Twins of Harmony and Union, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China. The He-He Er Xian are portr...

This silk lion embroidery is in a molded faux painted frame. It depicts a male and female lion walking in a tall grassland and is stitched in very intricat...

A large Chinese embroidery work of art presented in a carved gilt frame with and silver borders, circa late Qing Dynasty 19th century. The impressive work depicts two well beloved Ch...

A very fine embroidered silk panel in giltwood frame originally from the Annette Martin Collection and exhibited at the Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco February 8th - Mar...

A framed vintage Chinese embroidered bridal jacket called "Gua", which is the upper part of the two-piece wedding assemble called "Qun Gua", with the low...

A Chinese antique embroidery presented in a museum quality frame, originally purchased from Galerie Du Monde in Hongkong. Originally, the te...

An impressive Japanese embroidery tapestry circa 1890s Meiji period, presented with brocade border on linen canvas in a Lucite shadow box. The stunning design features three dragons coiling and flying in the clouds. The high relief technique used to render the dragons using mostly the silver threads gives this piece a tremendous sense of motion. The most auspicious mythological creature in Japan and China, dragons were a very popular motif in textile art. In this particular piece, it is the impressive size, the superb craftsmanship, the profuse use of silver threads and near perfect condition that set it apart. Japanese Meiji textiles were widely exhibited in the west during turn of the 20th century at the international exposition. It was used to showcase the Japanese aesthetics with the techniques at their pinnacle. These expositions solidified the country's images overseas and felled the Japanese craze in the west, which turned out to be a long-lasting influence on the western art. Many pieces were purchased and stayed in the west. It is likely this estate piece was from one of the expositions based on its high quality. For two similar dragon tapestries...