Lot Essay
The motifs on the roundel were meant to attract good fortune to the wearer.
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MID-19TH CENTURY
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THREE KESI PEONY ROUNDELS
MID-19TH CENTURY
Finely woven in the center with a peony spray medallion encircled by the Eight Buddhist Emblems (bajixiang) arranged in pairs, with the addition of a bat suspending crossed ruyi scepters above and a chime sprouting nandina flanked by tridents below, all tied with scrolling ribbons, woven in fine gold-wrapped thread and shades of salmon, blue, red, green and yellow, in contrast to the midnight-blue ground, with some painted details
12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) diam. (3)
MID-19TH CENTURY
Finely woven in the center with a peony spray medallion encircled by the Eight Buddhist Emblems (bajixiang) arranged in pairs, with the addition of a bat suspending crossed ruyi scepters above and a chime sprouting nandina flanked by tridents below, all tied with scrolling ribbons, woven in fine gold-wrapped thread and shades of salmon, blue, red, green and yellow, in contrast to the midnight-blue ground, with some painted details
12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) diam. (3)
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