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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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AN EMBROIDERED ROUNDEL FROM A MANCHU NOBLEWOMAN'S SURCOAT
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Finely couched in gold-wrapped thread in the center with a shuangxi (Double Happiness) symbol, surrounded by two butterflies and peony scroll bearing lush blossoms, all worked in counted stitch in shades of pink, coral, green, blue, yellow, mauve, white and black on a midnight-blue ground
11¾ in. (30 cm.) diam., mounted
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Finely couched in gold-wrapped thread in the center with a shuangxi (Double Happiness) symbol, surrounded by two butterflies and peony scroll bearing lush blossoms, all worked in counted stitch in shades of pink, coral, green, blue, yellow, mauve, white and black on a midnight-blue ground
11¾ in. (30 cm.) diam., mounted