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A sleeveless surcoat of green and gilt silk kinran, woven in gilt paper strip with chrysanthemums, wysteria and wave roundels, trimmed with a collar of red wool facecloth, Japanese, 19th century; an embroidered frieze of bronze satin, worked in couched gilt thread with a pair of dragons chasing a flaming pearl, flanked by a pair of phoenixes--170 x 33in. (432 x 84cm.), Chinese, late 19th century; a single rear rank badge of silk gauze embroidered in counted stitch with a fifth rank Silver Pheasant, 19th century; and another single rear civil rank badge of silk kesi, circa 1900 (4)
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