Embroidered Medicine Pouch of Yi Jin with Ten Longevity Symbols

This pouch Empress Sunjeong Hyo was granted to Yi Jin, son of Imperial Prince Yeong, wishing for prosperity and longevity when the Prince’s family held audience with Emperor Sunjong in 1922. The pouch is made of red satin damask, and has a pentagonal cover. As for decoration, ten longevity symbols, such as the elixir of immortality, cloud, deer, turtle, crane, bamboo, and pine trees, are elaborately embroidered with colored-thread, with the boundary couched with gold thread. It is lined with dark-blue silk, and its upper section can be sealed with an amber button. In the pouch, there are yellow beans wrapped with yellow mulberry paper.