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Lot 8247
A rare embroidered dragon badge Ming dynasty
16 December 2014, 10:00 PST
San FranciscoUS$5,000 - US$7,000
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A rare embroidered dragon badge
Ming dynasty
The square-sectioned panel finely worked in silk threads of yellow, red, blue and white coloration, depicting a large side-profiled dragon with its jaw wide open, chasing a precious jewel above wave scrolls, against a black silk satin ground.
14 3/4 x 15 1/2in (37.5 x 39.5cm) overall dimensions
The square-sectioned panel finely worked in silk threads of yellow, red, blue and white coloration, depicting a large side-profiled dragon with its jaw wide open, chasing a precious jewel above wave scrolls, against a black silk satin ground.
14 3/4 x 15 1/2in (37.5 x 39.5cm) overall dimensions
Footnotes
A very similar dragon badge worked on a yellow ground, dated mid sixteen century, is illustrated in the exhibition catalog Heaven's Embroidered Cloths, One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles, the Urban Council of Hong Kong in association with the Liaoning Provincial Museum, Hong Kong, p. 275, no. 90.














