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A Chinese Kesi weave alter hanging, Late Ming or Qing Dynasty, 17th or early 18th century, the weave is traditional Ming period cloud format, dragon and phoenix pattern, the front facing dragons eyes appears in meditative equipoise and the main panel has a shorter overlap woven with cranes and clouds and then bordered with a deep blue cotton pelmet, lined with a biscuit coloured silk, 80cm high excluding blue cotton fringe x 88.5cm 17世纪或18世纪早期 缂丝云龙纹挂账 The destruction of the black silk thread clearly indicates this panel is most likely late Ming early Qing dynasty. Black dyes rarely survived more than 100 years before the charcoal in the dye destroyed the silk thread. The dye colours clearly relate to the 17th century though can be seen in the early 18th century. The Four clawed Mang dragon was used by high ranking mandarins, and noble linage, but not royal blood. During the Ming period five clawed dragons and four clawed dragons clearly distinguished ruling clans and royalty from other classes. During the Qing dynasty this law became blurred Compare with a similar example, John E. Vollmer, Five colours of the Universe, p.19 and p.49 published, 1980, Edmonton Art Gallery, USA.