A SILK KESI 'DRAGON' ROUNDEL QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY | 清十八世紀 緙絲雲龍戲珠紋補子

A SILK KESI 'DRAGON' ROUNDEL

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

清十八世紀 緙絲雲龍戲珠紋補子

depicting a central five-clawed dragon in gold thread amidst bats and ruyi-shaped clouds and above a bed of cresting waves and below a red medallion enclosing a three-legged cockerel, all reserved on a navy ground, framed and glazed

30.2 by 30.5 cm, 11⅞ by 12 in.