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matched pair mandarin squares (front and back); light blue / dark blue background gold border stylized background indicative of 1900-1910; embroidered; 8th rank quail (civil service) embroidered separately from the square could be changed if the…

Pink silk satin panel with embroidery in satin stitch. Two panels sewn in center with narrow purple selvage. Lefthand panel has a dragon in shades of yellow and orange shaded from pale to deep color maroon and white. Also wave lines in yellow and…

silver pheasant mandarin square with gold thread couching on black background; clothing remnant frame of various shades of blue silk thread embroidery double row of black ribbon edges; couched areas in bad repair -- sea mountains bird clouds; blue…

Mandarin Square Black ground fabric with gold couching of sea mountains clouds and paradise fly-catcher with various Buddhist symbols and the Sun; entire design is couched; the border is the continuous thunder line also couched

the ground fabric is black silk; the stylized clouds are in blues silk satin stitched with gold couching as outline; the border is gold couching (coming loose); paradise fly-catcher - gilt couching; looks as though the bird and alternate designs in…

black silk groud fabric; lined in light blue silk; "E 54" written in ink on lining; gold couched sea; white pheasant; blue mountains clouds; floral border; orange sun; several Buddhist symbols represented; embroidered stitches; satin couching outline

black ground fabric; water mountains clouds paradise fly-catcher all appear to have been silver thread that has tarnished; design is entirely couched; Korean character border; turquoise blue silk lining; very stained falling apart

brown ground fabric; gold couching sea mountains and floral border; clouds and precious things are multi-colored silk; the half bird appears to be a quail; embroidered stitches; couching satin short/long and continuous darning

Chinese embroidery sample on royal blue figured silk. Mostly satin stitch picturing a fish sitting on a flower. Fish is orange and blue-green patternm head of blackk with gray-green band large white eye red mouth with pale yellow water spout. Tail of…

Mandarin Square Two part front square embroidered with a central image of an egret stamding on a rock near the sea. Various Buddhist and good fortune symbols are around the bird. Along the border are alternating bat and double happiness symbols in…