A pair of Imperial roundels
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A pair of Imperial roundels

细节
A pair of Imperial roundels
embroidered with the Twelve Symbols of Imperial Authority surrounded by a border of cloud scrolls, worked in silks and couched gilt thread and applied with seed pearls and coral beads against a ground of black silk, early 20th century--24cm diameter
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拍品专文

These roundels may have been made for the court of Yuan shi ki, who proclaimed himself president in 1911. For a similar roundel see "Making the Grade" - The Badge of Rank III, Linda Wrigglesworth, London, 1996, page 18.