Description

Silk embroidered, tasseled ornament consisting of three decorated areas. Hanging from a looped piece of knotted twine is a triangular shaped body with curved sides in the form of a ruyi-like design that is embroidered onto the surface in dark blue, blue and light blue on a dark orange background. Hanging from the middle is a light orange knot which is in between two light orange silk thread tassels. The middle section has a kidney-like shaped body with curved sides, detailed with dark blue, blue, light blue, cream and orange abstract design. Connected by another large knot is the bottom section which has an oval-like shaped body with curved sides similar to the ruyi pattern. Hanging from the bottom is a light orange knot, followed by two sets of silk threaded, light orange tassels. Embroidered onto the body is a colourful abstract design in dark orange, blue, light blue, dark blue and pink with fuchsia and black calligraphy in the centre. Both sides are identical.