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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Goodykoontz, post: 11966569, member: 82566&quot;]hi everyone.&nbsp; i have been trying to identify and date this little piece of embroidery art from China for a couple of months now.&nbsp; i&#039;ve posted it on the Asian Arts Forum and gotten no comments.&nbsp; i tried Reddit with similar results.&nbsp; i&#039;ve come to believe this might be an extremely old and unique piece.&nbsp; however, one of the problems with things like this is there are very few who might be able to help with identifying it.&nbsp; the embroidery art in the center measures 8.5&quot; x 4&quot; from edge to edge.&nbsp; the entire piece measures 14&quot;x 9.5&quot;.&nbsp; i do know that these panels were being manufactured during the Republic period in China.&nbsp; i believe some entrepreneur of the day was gathering old embroidery art and cutting it into smaller panels like this, sewing up a nice presentation around them and exporting them en masse. i&#039;ve actually found a couple of these Republic era panels online that were probably made at the same time and they have nice examples of 19th century Chinese embroidery art in them.&nbsp; in this case, this piece has many characteristics of embroidery art that might date this from the 7th or 8th centuries.&nbsp; the use of chainstitch embroidery is a technique that was used in ancient times.&nbsp; it was actually during the Tang dynasty that they first started using satin stitch.&nbsp; stylistically, i&#039;ve discovered that this art is what is described as the &quot;peony tang grass pattern,&quot; and dates from the Tang Dynasty.&nbsp; also, i can not find anything else of Chinese decent that looks anything like it(pieces from that era are extremely rare).&nbsp; that phoenix has a very cool antique/primitive look to it.&nbsp; the only real alternative is that this was made years later as some sort of &quot;retro&quot; piece.&nbsp; but the Chinese weren&#039;t really doing that in the 18th and 19th centuries.&nbsp; so, i&#039;m stumped.&nbsp; what i am considering is radiocarbon dating.&nbsp; that&#039;s going to cost $400.&nbsp; i&#039;m hoping someone here might have a suggestion or know someone i can contact(just try to find a contact link on a Chinese museum&#039;s website).&nbsp; any ideas will be appreciated...thanks</p><p>[ATTACH=full]550680[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]550681[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]550682[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]550683[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]550684[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]550685[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]550686[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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