P3 has note
| - Fragment of blue silk damask, embroidered with coloured silks. Scene in a landscape, showing pavilions, flowers, trees, deer, a peacock on a rock, birds in flight, a pond with lotuses and mandarin ducks, protected by a trellised balustrade, and human figures. Among the last the principal figure is a woman seated at a table, on which is stretched a stringed instrument she is playing, while on either side stands a woman holding large flat fan; the other figures consist of women strolling about, most of whom are playing a variety of musical instruments. The damask pattern is of a floral character. (en)
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