SOLD 19th C. Chinese Silk Embroidery with Gold Trim Under Glass (Tray) old painted blocks the equivalent to "foo dogs"

the equivalent to "foo dogs" in Chinese culture) repeating around the perimeter of both top and bottom halves of the box

No matter to me at least

in what I am close to certain was the original frame

and then a few first branches of forsythia or redbud in early spring

SOLD 19th C. Chinese Silk Embroidery with Gold Trim Under Glass (Tray) old painted blocks the equivalent to "foo dogs"The Chinese embroidery on silk here is very lovely, but what makes this really special feeling to me is the manner in which it was cased set under heavy glass, with a deep lip, and gold trim around the edges matching the gold trim on the embroidery, which turns it into an object, I think likely meant to be used as a small tray for jewelry and the like. As such it feels quite Victorian, akin to doily lined glass boxes and domed wax worlds, and I am