A Rare Chinese Silk Embroidered 'Flying Tiger' Yellow Banner, Qing Dynasty
清 黃地綉飛虎軍旗

Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)

The rampant tiger with open mouth and spread bat-like wings, among flames and colored cloud scrolls of lingzhi form, all against a yellow silk ground. Framed and glazed.
Note:
For closely related examples, see the banner in the collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, dated to the 18th century, Gift of Brigadier General John S. Letcher, #81.36; also see the pair of red-ground banners in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John H. Ballantine, 1947, #47.75.1. Compare also the banner, dated to the Kangxi period, from the collection of General Andre Walker Brewster (1862-1942), sold at Christie's, New York, September 24, 2021, lot 1012, where it is noted that such banners were particularly prominent in the 17th and 18th century and that depictions of such banners are seen in illustrations of military processions of the period, as well as illustrations of Ritual Paraphernalia of the Imperial Court. See also the banner, from the Collection of Jon Eric Riis, sold at Doyle, New York, March 19, 2024, lot 109.

Sight 35 1/4 x 33 1/2 in. 89.5 x 85 cm.

This lot is located in New York.