SILK EMBROIDERED 'DRAGON' RANK BADGE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
£688
Auction: 13 May 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
清 橘地刺繡海水江崖龍紋方補
depicting a ferocious front-facing, five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl in gold thread, surrounded by auspicious clouds, bats, flaming coin, endless knot with a fish and other motifs, all above three pointed mountains and peonies raised from crashing waves reserved on a pale orange ground, the border adorned with stylised flowers and ruyi sceptre with ribbon reserved on a black ground, with wooden frames
Dimensions
41cm x 36cm