“Yellow Dragon Flag” the Chinese official flag 1889–1912, a blue spun silk and white outline stitched dragon appliqué to yellow cloth chasing the red flaming pearl. C. 1900. 145.5×226 cm. According to family tradition this Imperial flag was handed over to an astonished Danish witness during the upheavals of 1911 in Beijing. Provenance: Danish private collection based on two generations' stay in China 1885–1945.
“Yellow Dragon Flag” the Chinese official flag 1889–1912, a blue spun silk and white outline stitched dragon appliqué to yellow cloth chasing the red flaming pearl. C. 1900. 145.5×226 cm.
According to family tradition this Imperial flag was handed over to an astonished Danish witness during the upheavals of 1911 in Beijing.
Provenance: Danish private collection based on two generations' stay in China 1885–1945.
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