Details
A pair of sixth rank badges
with the Lesser Egret in couched gilt threads amid stylised blue and purple silk cloud scrolls--11¾in. square (29cm), all 19th century; other assorted embroideries including a small panel embroidered in coloured silks and couched gilt threads with a roundel with a figure astride a Qilin among flowers and symbols, against an orange ground--14 x 18½in. (35 x 46cm), and a frontal of red wool worked with lions chasing brocade balls, fringed--160 x 21½in. (400 x 54cm)
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with the Lesser Egret in couched gilt threads amid stylised blue and purple silk cloud scrolls--11¾in. square (29cm), all 19th century; other assorted embroideries including a small panel embroidered in coloured silks and couched gilt threads with a roundel with a figure astride a Qilin among flowers and symbols, against an orange ground--14 x 18½in. (35 x 46cm), and a frontal of red wool worked with lions chasing brocade balls, fringed--160 x 21½in. (400 x 54cm)
See Colour Plate