Panel with Fish, Bats, and Clouds

China

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This panel probably came from a chair cover, possibly from the part that covered the seat. Word play makes the motifs auspicious: five bats (fu, a homophone for the Chinese word for happiness) surround a musical stone and a pair of fish, associated with good fortune and affluence.

Panel with Fish, Bats, and Clouds, Silk and metallic-thread tapestry (kesi), China

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Panel with Fish, Bats, and Clouds, Silk and metallic-thread tapestry (kesi), China
Panel with Fish, Bats, and Clouds, Silk and metallic-thread tapestry (kesi), China

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