Description: A RARE SOUTHERN CHINESE MAONAN WEDDING BLANKET, NORTHERN GUANGXI ZHUANG PROVINCE LATE 19TH CENTURY
A very rare and fine dowry blanket, comprising two joined long rectangular panels of silk and cotton woven cloth, inset into a black and pale indoigo cotton surround, the joined panels decorated with repeating patterns of stylised flowers in vegetal coloured silks against a brick red and bright yellow ground.
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160cm high, 118cm wide.