A RARE CHINESE BROCADE TEXTILE FRAGMENT TANG DYNASTY With a large roundel containing two...

A RARE CHINESE BROCADE TEXTILE FRAGMENT TANG DYNASTY With a large roundel containing two confronting phoenix and stylised lotus flowerheads within a thick blue border with polka dots, surrounded by cranes in flight, all in blue and brown against buff ground, 44cm x 53cm. Provenance: formerly in the Cheng Huan Collection. Cf. The Forbidden City Treasure, Classics of the Forbidden City, pp.80-81, no.37 for a Song Dynasty robe with a related pattern.