Large textile consisting of three vertical silk strips with orange background embroidered with various garden scenes, China, 19th century The textile is embroidered in blue, green and pink silk threads with numerous scenes of children playing with kites, blind man's bluff, toys and firecrackers, musical instruments, and performing the dragon dance. In two pavilions, scholars engage in calligraphy and music. All the characters move about in a garden decorated with pierced rocks, planted with banana, pine, wutong, plum and bamboo trees. Flowering branches, lingzhi mushrooms and lotus blossoms are strewn about. In the distance, mountains emerging from clouds. 250 x 190 Stretched on a frame. Insolate and damaged. Provenance: Bears a label on the stretcher: Galerie de Arte El Pez - C/ Serrano anguita -3, San Sebastian.