Child with Pig Tails and Butterfly, Charming c. Late 19th Century Chinese Silk Embroidery Tea Tray pottery signed Jani These plates were purchased from

These plates were purchased from the estate of a prominent choreographer in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood

but I personally love the fact that they are now entirely archaic unless one happens to have a 19th c

I'd guess 1920s-40s

It is signed 683 Italy in yellow-orange on the bottom

There are holes at the feet which could be used for mounting it somewhere if desired

Child with Pig Tails and Butterfly, Charming c. Late 19th Century Chinese Silk Embroidery Tea Tray pottery signed Jani These plates were purchased fromA lovely and I think very charming antique Chinese silk on silk embroidery here, in original frame under glass made to function as a small tray, though easy to add a hook to the back and hang on the wall. I fell in love with the figure at center, who I take for a child in pig tails, fortuitously framed by flying butterfly, flower, tree and what looks like a peach dangling over head a garden of delights! With metallic thread incorporated here and there