A RARE EMBROIDERED RECTANGULAR PANEL

A RARE EMBROIDERED RECTANGULAR PANEL

MING DYNASTY, 15TH/16TH CENTURY

The center is embroidered with a paradise flycatcher and two butterflies in flight amidst camellias, peony and prunus above another flycatcher perched on a rock amidst lotus, peony, asters and a further blue rock, all within an outer border of flower scrolls alternately bearing peony and lotus blossoms. The panel is finely worked in shades of green, yellow, blue, white and salmon on a gold cloud-patterned silk damask ground.

31 x 37 in. (78.8 x 94 cm.), wood frame