Tongzhi Made for a civil official of the second rank, worked in fine Suzhou satin stitch and couched gold thread; the long-tailed, multi-coloured bird shown facing the magenta sun while standing on a rock emerging from rolling waves above a two-colour gold lishui stripe and surrounded by many details incorporating the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bats and flowers amidst ruyi clouds, all picked out in shades of blue, green, pale coral, yellow, white, black and magenta, within a flower-scroll border, mounted. 29.5cm (11 1/2in) x 30cm (11 7/8in).