A group of three Chinese silk fragments, 17th century, comprising: a pair of green-ground brocade

A group of three Chinese silk fragments, 17th century, comprising: a pair of green-ground brocade panels, 131x31cm; and an olive-green silk brocade with ruyi-shaped clouds, embroidered with two bands of sinuous dragons chasing flaming pearls above tumultuous waves, 156x66cm(3)cf. Similar pattern is illustrated in Huang, Nengfu, Juanjuan Chen, Sae Ogasawara, and Hitoshi Saitō. Chūgoku Kinuorimono Zenshi: Nanasen-nen No Bi to Waza. Shohan. Tōkyō: Kagaku Shuppansha Tōkyō, 2015. pp. 276, image 8-84, 87, 88, 89, 96.十七世紀 綠地折枝茶花紋織錦緞一對及橄欖綠地四合連雲線繡趕珠龍紋錦注：同類折枝茶花紋請參見《中国絹織物全史》第276頁，圖8-96.同類雲紋請參見以上書籍第272頁 圖8-84、87、88、89。All with expected wear consistent with age, the green brocades with areas of dusty discolouration in places, some faint stains and some small patches of fraying to edges; the olive silk panel with a large area of tearing to the top and a smaller one towards the bottom edge, and also general expected wear.