Large Chinese Embroidery Tapestry, Xianfeng period , dated 1851 This tapestry is for a birthday greeting. family greeting (from those listed on the left) to their parents (or grandparents/ other elderly relatives) to happily and healthily live together as long as it can be.regarding the date, it does say Xinhai which should be 1851 or 1911 according to Chinese Sexagenary cycle. But as the person was working for the Chinese imperial examination, and the system was abolished in 1905 , the 1851 date is the most possible. Finely stiched with gold threads on a red background with pagoda, bats , immortals , landscape, birds and flowers 4.5m x 2.10m
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