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the ground fabric is black silk; the stylized clouds are in blues silk satin stitched with gold couching as outline; the border is gold couching (coming loose); paradise fly-catcher - gilt couching; looks as though the bird and alternate designs in…

black silk groud fabric; lined in light blue silk; "E 54" written in ink on lining; gold couched sea; white pheasant; blue mountains clouds; floral border; orange sun; several Buddhist symbols represented; embroidered stitches; satin couching outline

black ground fabric; water mountains clouds paradise fly-catcher all appear to have been silver thread that has tarnished; design is entirely couched; Korean character border; turquoise blue silk lining; very stained falling apart

brown ground fabric; gold couching sea mountains and floral border; clouds and precious things are multi-colored silk; the half bird appears to be a quail; embroidered stitches; couching satin short/long and continuous darning

Chinese embroidery sample on royal blue figured silk. Mostly satin stitch picturing a fish sitting on a flower. Fish is orange and blue-green patternm head of blackk with gray-green band large white eye red mouth with pale yellow water spout. Tail of…

Mandarin Square Two part front square embroidered with a central image of an egret stamding on a rock near the sea. Various Buddhist and good fortune symbols are around the bird. Along the border are alternating bat and double happiness symbols in…

[sang piao xiao] Ootheca Mantidis The steamed and dried egg-case of praying mantis Tenodera sinensis Saussure Statilja maculata (Thunb.) or Hierodula patellifera (Serrille) (family Mantidae). 1. an astringent for the treatment of freguent micturition…

Large black and white map of Canton China. Kong Chow In a wooden frame.

Chinese Map Map of Taishan (Toisan) County China printed in black on 2 pieces of paper taped together. Place names are printed in Chinese; a few places also have English translations. The upper left corn includes text on taishan County entitled "A…

World map on wooden roller White map glued to blue backing bottom glued to wooden roller and top glued to wooden half round dowel. Map consists of two flattened globes in the center with North and South America on the left and the other continents on…