Embroidered Silk Gauze Festival Badge

Embroidered silk roundel with dragon, waves, mountains, clouds, flowers and longevity symbols.There is a conch shell embroidered in gold metal-wrapped threads above the dragon's head, which is one of the Eight Treasures of Buddhism. The shou character, above the conch shell and also rendered in gold metal-wrapped thread, means "longevity". This badge was likely worn to celebrate long lives for senior members of the imperial court.