Large silk hanging decorated with dragons and bats, China, 19th century Finely painted with a central four-clawed dragon writhing around a flaming pearl, surrounded by two pairs of sinuous dragons facing each other, each chasing a pearl, surrounded by swirling clouds, Buddhist emblems alternating with floral motifs and bats. Each side decorated with foaming waves, mythical fish, a lingzhi frieze above a lishui band adorned with various flowers and sacred peaks at the four corners and in the middle of the top. 174 x 170 cm