Embroidered in satin stich and fine couched gold thread with a front facing imperial dragon, the sinuous body cocued in fine gold thread against a red ground, surrounded by bats and chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations, the lower part with foaming waves. Diameter 32.5 cm.
Not examined out of frame. Faded.
Property of a private Swedish Collector.
Roundels like these would have been made for an emperor or worn by one of his sons and would have been placed on the shoulder of the robe.