A roundel of silk kesi, woven with butterflies, bats and peaches against a midnight blue ground--12½in. (32cm) diameter; another similar kesi roundel with Buddhist emblems surrounding a peony medallion, both framed and glazed; and a third roundel of midnight blue satin, embroidered in coloured silks with phoenixes and auspicious emblems, late 19th century (3)

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A roundel of silk kesi, woven with butterflies, bats and peaches against a midnight blue ground--12½in. (32cm) diameter; another similar kesi roundel with Buddhist emblems surrounding a peony medallion, both framed and glazed; and a third roundel of midnight blue satin, embroidered in coloured silks with phoenixes and auspicious emblems, late 19th century (3)

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