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Subject:Help with my Chinese silk embroidery
Posted By: Troy Sun, Nov 18, 2012 IP: 67.185.181.105
My wife received this as a gift from her parents who are native chinese. We don't know anything about it. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks







Subject:Re: Help with my Chinese silk embroidery
Posted By: Bill H Mon, Nov 19, 2012
The bold black characters read from the left as the title, "100 Birds Adoring the Phoenix" (Bai Niao Bai Feng), while I believe the red seal reads from the right as "Guangdong (province) Embroidery" (Guang Xiu). As best as I can tell from the photos, the dyes seem to be fairly modern. Cottage-industry handicrafts such as these were quite common in world marketplaces during the years immediately following World War II, while China (and Taiwan) were rebuilding and modernizing other higher-tech export industries.

Best regards,

Bill H.

Subject:Re: Help with my Chinese silk embroidery
Posted By: Bill H Tue, Nov 20, 2012
FYI, here's a link to an earlier thread concerning an embroidery that appears to be identical except for lacking a red seal identifying it as a product of Guangdong. I would speculate that both embroideries probably were made at the same factory. During the 3rd quarter of the 20th century, when Western nations charged heavy customs duties on communist-country exports, China product stores in the then British territory of Hong Kong offered the convenience of selling lots of things like this labeled as made locally.

Best regards,

Bill H.

URL Title :embroidery


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Subject:Re: Help with my Chinese silk embroidery
Posted By: Troy Wed, Nov 21, 2012
Thank you for the help..much appreciated

Subject:Re: Help with my Chinese silk embroidery
Posted By: Alex Sun, Jun 28, 2015
I have this exact same embroidery. And I have been looking for ages to find someone that has the same. I wanted to know the value on this ?

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