Blue Silk Chinese Jacket with Embroidered Butterflies and Flowers
Antique 19th century Chinese ladies jacket, in bright blue silk, with embroided trim displaying butterflies, Peonies, ho ho birds and flower & floiage on black & pale pink grounds. Orignal buttons and cords Ex Perrins collection Brisbane 1970
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- Ho Ho Bird - The ho ho bird is a mythological bird of the East, that in appearance is a composite of many birds including the head of a pheasant, the body of a mandarin duck and the tail of a peacock.
It is used as a decorative motif in both European and Eastern furnishings and decorative arts, especially on ceramics and as part of the carved frame of mirrors.
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