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A BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED MANDARIN SQUARE
18TH CENTURY
Displaying an egret, for a sixth rank civil official, worked in brightly-colored satin stitch with the bird perched on rockwork between cloud-enveloped tall rocks, with a pair of bats hovering above, all reserved on a dark blue ground within a gold couched border
10¾in. (27.3cm.) across
18TH CENTURY
Displaying an egret, for a sixth rank civil official, worked in brightly-colored satin stitch with the bird perched on rockwork between cloud-enveloped tall rocks, with a pair of bats hovering above, all reserved on a dark blue ground within a gold couched border
10¾in. (27.3cm.) across