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Table cover with auspicious flowers

approx. 1850-1900

Asian Art Museum

Asian Art Museum
San Francisco, United States

The design features a floral disk shape with a tree peony (mudan) in the center, the flower symbolizing wealth and rank. Surrounding it are white magnolia, begonia, Osmanthus fragrans (the leafy branch with the tiny flowers), and crab apple. Altogether, the names of the flowers in Chinese make up the rebus (sound-alike pun) yutang fugui, or "wealth and rank in the jade hall," implying a wish for prosperity and high rank.

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  • Title: Table cover with auspicious flowers
  • Date Created: approx. 1850-1900
  • Location Created: China
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 35 1/4 in x W. 35 1/2 in, H. 89.5 cm x W. 90.1 cm
  • Rights: Public Domain
  • Medium: Embroidered silk
  • Credit Line: Asian Art Museum, Gift of Linda Kaye, 1988.50.12
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