Silk hanging with purple background embroidered with a dragon and a carp, China, 19th century Rectangular in shape, decorated with polychrome silk thread embroidery of a long, four-clawed dragon among flames and lingzhi-shaped clouds above a body of water floating with lotuses and sprouting reeds and aquatic plants. A carp half-hidden by lotus leaves, tail out of the water, watches the dragon. 137.5 x 135 cm Accents, tears.