Broderad på bägge sidor, centralt motiv av fyrkload drake bland molnformationer mot blått siden, runt kanterna rött siden. Mått ca 172x195 cm.
Slitage.
Purchased at Bukowskis 2014, then part of a private Swedish collection, to see other lots from the same collection, see Sale 580, lot no 211 and 222.
Property of a private Finnish Collection.
The collection was formed between 1980-2020, the collector has had an interest in China and Chinese Works of Art since childhood, growing up in Beijing. He returned to China in grownup years for work, he came to live in China altogether more than 40 years. His love of China, and Chinese works of art is mirrored in the collection and being an academic collector, he never got tired of learning more about the subject by studying literature, attending lectures, visiting museums, auction houses and befriending curators from Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Stockholm. The collection consists of both Chinese ceramics and textiles, This being a part of the textile collection.
Banners of varying colours played a crucial role in coordinating battlefield manoeuvres and maintaining order during military parades.