6 Vintage Chinese Silk Embroidered Peacock Bird Pinetree Tapestry Panels 27"

Description

Set of six vintage framed Chinese chinoiserie silk embroidered tapestry panels featuring Peacocks / birds amidst the landscapes of gnarled pine tree and flowering branches.

# Chinese Pinyin - Translation (Literally)
1. 雀舞迎春 - què wǔ yíng chūn - bird dance welcome spring
2. 雀舞松⾵ - què wǔ sōng fēng - bird dance pine wind
3. 松屏雀舞 - sōng píng què wǔ - pine fan bird dance
4. 雀屏春⾊ - què píng chūn sè - bird fan spring scenery
5. 春暖花開 - chūn nuǎn huā kāi - spring warm, flower bloom
6. ⽵报春梅 - zhú bào chūn méi - bamboo report spring plum

Translation (Semantically)
(1) birds are dancing and welcoming the return of spring
(2) birds are dancing with breeze in the pine forest
(3) pine fans like a peacock while birds are dancing
(4) bird fans its tail for the beautiful spring
(5) in the warm spring, flowers are blooming
(6) bamboo and plum flowers announce the arrival of spring

Special note:
1. In (3): the pine tree in the art is Cryptomeria, also called Peacock Pine, as the
tree “fans” like a peacock. Quite interesting!
2. Through carefully choosing the best 4 characters to describe each art, the
artist created the most elegant titles via the beauty of language.
3. 雀 means birds, but specifically mean peafowl here, which is a symbol
of good luck, nobility, and beauty in traditional Chinese culture.

Condition

Very Good

Dimensions

18.5” x 1.25” x 26.75” / Sans Frame - 12.5” x 20.5” (Width x Depth x Height)