A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED RELIEF PICTURES WITH EXOTIC BIRDS

Description:

China, early 20th c.
je 160 x 68,5 cm R.
Embroidery with twisted threads in high relief on a beige fabric. The two pictures show in elaborate embroidery each an exotic bird sitting on a branch. Probably a crowned pigeon and a pheasant. The frames of the images also intricately embroidered.
From a South German private collection, acquired from the art trade in the late 1980s. According to the owner, the objects were delivered from China to the Porsche family in 1927 for their villa in Stuttgart
Slight signs of age, the background part. stained, each in a wood frame