Lot 501 , Three heavily embroidered 19th century Chinese sleeve bands,

Three heavily embroidered 19th century Chinese sleeve bands, decorated all over with motifs in blue silk, a smaller single sleeve band, another green sleeve band embroidered with bats, butterflies, etc and two cream sleeve bands embroidered with figures, mountains and pagodas
Estimate £120-180

The heavily embroidered pair of rank badges decorated with butterflies and flowers have stitching missing to some of the embroidery as do the two other sleeve bands. There is wear and missing embroidery in places, one of the sleeve bands has torn silk to one side, the green silk embroidered sleeve band is in good condition. The cream silk figurative embroidered band - apart from slight fading and minimal staining, the other cream sleeve band has multiple stains throughout but the embroidery is in good condition.


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Sold for £100