~HAND EMBROIDERED CHINESE TEXTILES ARE BECOMING RARE OUTSIDE OF THE MAJOR COLLECTORS-WITH COSTLY ITEMS-PEASANT ITEMS AND MINORITY ITEMS ARE DISAPPEARING QUICKLY~!! This is a very lovely piece. The colors are exquisite and the stitching is so fine you can barely see them. There are many newer pieces on the market today-. Even fragments ARE precious—every small scrap salvaged from an old worn out piece represented many hours of work and so were later finished off in a frame of brocade ribbon making them into small works of art CHECK FOR MORE GIFTS AND UNUSUAL ITEMS~~! TAKE A L@@K~~!! ALL JEWELRY COMES WITH A FREE GIFT BAG~!  TREASURES OF THE SEA