Various silk textiles: banners, garment ornaments, and two fragments, China, late 19th - early 20th century - Two palace banners composed of two pieces of green and pink satin in the shape of leaves and lotus flowers linked by three assembled lais embroidered with flowers and foliage, and four ribbons embroidered with bats and flowers. Height: 86 cm. - A horizontal green silk banner embroidered with five figures on the terrace of a flower garden, surrounded by fenghua, bats and a crane. 191 x 42 cm. - A square textile in red silk, embroidered with a crane wrapped around itself, surrounded by flowers, sapechees and bats. A band added at the top, embroidered with a banner and two fish. 57 x 50 cm. - A pair of ornamental silk dress sleeve bands with purple background embroidered with various birds and butterflies. H.: 96 and 110 cm. - Two narrow fragmentary bands of blue silk garments embroidered with endless bows, lotus flowers and peonies. Length: 86 cm. - A blue silk textile embroidered with peony flowers, foliage and bats, gansé on its curved part. Worn, missing and damaged.