SOLD 19th C. Chinese Silk Embroidery with Gold Trim Under Glass (Tray) old painted blocks in what I am close

in what I am close to certain was the original frame

From 1940 to 1960

and this  one

also to give him eyeballs

The features are in fact utilitarian ones

SOLD 19th C. Chinese Silk Embroidery with Gold Trim Under Glass (Tray) old painted blocks in what I am closeThe 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