A set of three roundels of silk kesi, woven in gilt and silks, the centre with a vase of flowers with peaches and sacred fungus, the borders with Buddhist emblems interspersed with blue peonies, 19th century (one badge split in two for the front of a robe)--11½in. (29cm); an embroidered panel of red satin--30 x 19½in. (76 x 49.5cm); and an altar frontal of silk kesi woven with dragons, circa 1900, made up from a robe (distressed) (5)

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A set of three roundels of silk kesi, woven in gilt and silks, the centre with a vase of flowers with peaches and sacred fungus, the borders with Buddhist emblems interspersed with blue peonies, 19th century (one badge split in two for the front of a robe)--11½in. (29cm); an embroidered panel of red satin--30 x 19½in. (76 x 49.5cm); and an altar frontal of silk kesi woven with dragons, circa 1900, made up from a robe (distressed) (5)

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