Price: $1,888
Email: huikh2r@yahoo.com

Size: large, about 74 inch by 51 inch

Age: My evaluation is 1930 to 1970, that means late Republic period to 1970s.

Conditions: Some stains, wrinkles. The base is real silk, and wrinkles are very common. I can iron most them out before sending it to you, but it must be folded in shipping, and you can iron folding lines out (set the iron to low temperature for silk/wool).

Chinese embroidery is one of my main collection topics. I have seen and touched thousands of beautiful Chinese embroidery work. This one is one of the bests I have seen and definitely the best bird and flower embroidery artwork from China or in the whole world.

Just the flowers are already astonishing. Many different color of cotton threads were used to make subtle color change. The birds are absolutely out this world. There must be hundreds of different colors of cotton threads used to make smooth color transitions and details so every bird looks so vivid.

Every bird is different and lively! The center main bird is phoenix, it has the best embroidery quality. Some of the smaller birds on the perimeters have little less embroidery quality. This indicates this piece was finished by more than one person. The center main bird was probably finished by a master and some of the perimeter smaller birds were done by apprentices. It is typical for an embroidery artwork like this size to take few persons to finish. A gentleman from Suzhou embroider factory told me a size like this would take few embroidery ladies few months to finish. The labor cost alone would be $5,000 to $10,000. This piece has so many details.

This piece definitely looks much better than some embroidery work auctioned for above $5,000. I feel this stands the highest quality of Chinese bird and flower embroidery work.

尺寸: 185cm X 129 cm(大约)

年代: 最早民国晚期,
最晚创汇期

品相: 有些锈(stain),

也许有些小破损,皱褶.这时真丝底料,真丝都有皱.邮寄也必须对折, 所以收到后会有皱褶. 用电熨斗设在最低温度挡,或者真丝/羊毛档,我可以把多数皱褶轻易去掉.
这无疑是中国花鸟刺绣的最高境界了。 请注意这是手绣， 不是现在世面上常见的机绣。 机绣很便宜， 但也很好区别。 尽管机绣现在越来越好， 但还是画面比较呆板。 机绣底料多数不是真丝， 这件是真丝。 最重要的是机绣只能用化纤线。 棉线和丝线用机绣很容易断。 机绣要一针到底。 这件是棉线。 另外机绣只能用一种尺寸的线头， 线的颜色也少量， 因为机绣换线麻烦。 这件用了几百种不同颜色的线， 所以颜色的渐变才可以栩栩如生地表现出来。 花朵已是美的惊人， 鸟类更是不属于这个世界了。 我过手过眼的绣品几千幅。 这件无疑是我见过最好的。 这个就是中国花鸟刺绣的最高境界。 应该也是世界最好的。 （欧洲的人物刺绣有非常惊艳的。 宗教题材， 但价格也是惊人的）。
这个刺绣的中间主鸟绣的非常好。 周边的有一些小鸟工艺略差（略差， 但还是非常好的）。 这等尺幅的刺绣一般要几个绣娘几个月的时间合力完成。 中间主鸟应该是大师所绣， 周边一些小鸟可能是资历稍浅一些的绣娘所为。 现在手绣非常少， 因为人工太贵。 这等尺幅的手绣， 几个绣娘几个月时间， 苏州刺绣厂的一位告诉我， 人工没有5万元下不来。
这些都是我个人意见。 年代和品相请参照提供的高清图自己做出判断