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Light indigo cover with blue-black embroidery. Top and bottom selvage; sides have blue-black double bias binding with double lines of blue- black braid. Central motif: two lions, peonies and ribbons. Each lion has a mane, fluffy tail, rosettes on body. Lion at left has eyelashes; lion at right has wrinkled forehead.
Rectangular, blue cover with black border and embroidery. Top and bottom have selvage edges. The sides have a black double bias binding with two lines of black braid. The central motif consists of two lions playing with peonies and ribbons. Each lion has a mane, tail and rosettes on its body. One lion has eyelashes while the other has a wrinkled forehead.
Long, rectangular, cream valance with the top unfinished; sides are hemmed and the bottom is selvage. Repeating reverse fruit pattern along the sides and bottom (stylized rinceau border). The centre has a design of five medallions. First, from left: phoenix and a deer, both with reversed heads, deer has sprig in its mouth. Second: square geometric pattern, surrounded by circular fruit pattern. Third: geometric centre, eight lions in a circle, surrounded by fruit and star pattern. Fourth: stylized cross surrounded by twelve butterflies; two larger butterflies and two citron representing Buddha's hands in spaces between arms of cross. Fifth: butterflies and fruit in loose stylized flowing pattern.
Plain cloth with black and blue embroidered motif of two pheonixes on either side of a peony. Flowers, leaves, butterflies, ciccada and other insects on either side, and a bat on the left bottom corner. Raw edges. Some stenciling still visible.
Long, rectangular, brocade textile of cream fabric and indigo detailing; selvage at top and bottom; hemmed at ends. Motif on left is an animal with flower pattern; a dotted vase with flowers and fruit, a dragon behind. The centre vase on a stand has a flower pattern, contains fruit and flowers while behind are butterflies, diamond mace and scrolls. Patterned vase and stand on right, contains four pointed leaves, flowers, vines and fungus; behind are books with scrolls. Horned animal on right. Between vases at left and centre is long billed bird on branch with fruit and flowers.
Rectangular paper, right side is orange with scattered flecks of gold foil. On paper are four characters in black ink, written horizontally. Writing in pencil on reverse is difficult to decipher.
Small rectangular paper, orange on right side with gold foil flecks scattered over surface. Two Chinese characters are written horizontally in black ink. On reverse, "virtue" is written in pencil.
Pair of rectangular papers, each printed with an armed military door gods (wu menshen; 武門神), a general with a guandao pole weapon (立刀將軍) in green, red and yellow. Faces are orange, background is also orange. White paper left plain in some areas. Figures are 50 cm high. Figure on part a has a red skirt, figure on part b has a green skirt. The Chinese character福 (fu, fortune) appears on the two fluttering flags behind their shoulders, and the name of the printing shop, 福榮棧 (fuk1 wing4 zaan2/ Fú róng zhàn) on the hanging ornament. (The pair of prints should be hung with the figures facing each other.)
Pair of elongated rectangular papers, right side is orange with irregular gold flecks. Strip 3 cm. wide is left white on one end. Each has 7 black Chinese characters written vertically, each approximately 10 cm. long, written with brush in black ink. Reverse writting in pencil may indicate meaning of characters, part (a), "family filial piety"; part (b), 'heaven and earth creat??e most precious book of poems".
Grey-white jacket with dark blue embroidery. The jacket has a round neck, wide sleeves and centre opening with frog closures. On the front are peony, pomegranate, bat and butterfly motifs. On the back are lion and prunus motifs. There is blue facing inside the neck, front sides and side seams.