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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KikoBlueEyes, post: 399624, member: 8363&quot;]I acquired this piece of Chinese silk embroidery from an antique shop.&nbsp; It was sold to me as a Eunuch&#039;s badge.&nbsp; There were 10 of thousands of Chinese Eunuchs, but it is my understanding that only those who served in the Imperial Palace were allowed to have a dragon with five claws.&nbsp; The dragon is made of gold thread.&nbsp; I have about a dozen pieces of Chinese silk embroidery and usually can tell whether it was created for the tourist trade having broad stiches or lacking detail or could possibly be a piece of Chinese history in the form of an altar cloth, cut from a piece of clothing, etc.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure about this one, so I am asking for some feedback.&nbsp; The back of the frame has a flyer about a dragon robe, but this is not that piece.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know what the intention was for attaching the flyer to the frame[ATTACH=full]139022[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]139023[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]139024[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]139025[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]139026[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]139027[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]139028[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]139029[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]139030[/ATTACH] .&nbsp; Can anyone help me with this?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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