A Pair of embroidered silk dragon roundels


Late Qing dynastyIncluding one split roundel from the center opening and one solid roundel from another section of a coat, each worked in minute counted stitch using polychrome, silver and gilt-wrapped threads with some painted details to depict a dragon grasping a flaming pearl amid cloud scrolls and a rock rising from waves framed by a band of pink lotus, leaf scrolls and strap work; each now matted, framed and glazed.10 7/8in (27.7cm) diameter [sight]19 3/4 x 19 3/4in (50 x 50cm) each frame
|Please note that these badges have not been examined outside of their frames.