A Chinese pictorial embroidery scroll, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) or Republic period (1912-1949), embroidered in silk on a silk ground with a pair of egrets wading in a lotus pond, with embroidered inscription and seal to lower right. Mounted in Japan with silk and gold brocade. The embroidery 35 cm high, 46 cm wide. The scroll mount 126 cm high, 59 cm wide