1919,0101,0.92

Description

Scope and content : Ch. xx. 008. Painted silk banner, with head-piece and three bottom streamers of brown silk (detached). Head-piece has inner border of buff silk printed with lighter flower pattern, and outer of plain brown silk as of streamers. Interior of triangle is of silk continuous with that of main banner, showing at back remains of rosette-patterned painted valance and other floral orn.; front covered with patch of blackish-brown silk. Suspension loop of coarse red herringbone cotton (?) material. Painting well preserved. Subject: Scenes from the Life of Buddha. Banner, Chinese in style, belongs to series Ch. 0039, q. v. for description of colouring, architecture, etc.