A Chinese late 19th century orange silk damask pleated wedding skirt (Qun), the large front and back panels profusely embroidered in vibrant blue silks with butterflies and flower heads, 99 cm in length including original cotton band, Qing Dynasty
Provenance: The Property of a Lady, from a Private English Collection. Inherited by the vendor from her Grandfather, the late Benjamin Victor Sunderland who travelled to China and lived on Tiger Island, near Canton, before the First World War. According to family tradition, Benjamin Sunderland returned from China in 1914, prior to his next posting which was in AfricaSome old staining to cotton band