An Imperial Yellow-ground Embroidered Silk Panel

Comprising five sections superbly and colourfully embroidered in satin stitch with a continuous scene 

Central:

• A Vajra Dorje Phurba Cross  supported on a large sunflower
• Yin Yang: a Chinese philosophical concept that describes opposite but interconnected forces
• Bunch of burning

Six sunflowers heads with:

• Ribboned vase on a white elephant ( The elephant was seen as a symbol of the king's power and wealth, and it was said that whoever possessed a white elephant was destined to rule over the land.)
• Ribboned vase on a donkey
• Warrier fighting with lion
• Immortal or praying monk
• Immortal or praying monk
• Wheel of life 

All amidst a dense design of floral scrolls in green and bleu against a golden ground