A LARGE RED SILK EMBROIDERED 'LONGEVITY' WALL HANGING


19th centuryCouched in gold-wrapped threads with 102 stylized shou characters, framed by a scene of Xiwang Mu at her birthday celebration, enthroned between Shoulao, and Magu while a monkey offers her peaches across the top, the Eight Immortals on auspicious beasts along the sides, and a flock of cranes along the lower edge (loose gilt-wrapped threads, minor holes in the silk).112 1/2 x 55in (286 x 140cm)