Valance with crows, lions, phoenixes, and dragon boats

Details

• Title

  Valance with crows, lions, phoenixes, and dragon boats

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Sichuan province › Chengdu (find spot)

  Asia › China › Sichuan province (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1930

• Material and technique

  cotton, embroidered with dark-blue thread

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton;

  organic › animal › animal product › silk

• Technique index

  woven;

  needleworked › embroidered

• Object type

  furniture/furnishings › furnishing › valance;

  textile

• Dimensions

  38.5 x 186.5 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Dr Bertha Hensman, 1991.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1991.81

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