Huge Antique Chinese Silk Embroidered Tree of Life Hanging C1900 Antique Circus costume From Kandilli

From Kandilli

and to be expected in an antique textile of this antiquity

The pillow

in a striking striped design with lines of intricately woven brocaded patterns in golden yellow

some small marks and historic repairs

Huge Antique Chinese Silk Embroidered Tree of Life Hanging C1900 Antique Circus costume From KandilliA large Art Deco arched hanging believed to have belonged to The Shanghai Operatic Theatre, made around 1900, Chinese Qing Dynasty. Purple blue silk satin ground with silk embroidery, depicting a highly stylised blossoming tree of life with an animated flock of cranes. In good overall condition for an antique textile from this era. There is a dark mark or stain on the lower left hand side which is hard to detect from a distance and some light areas of