PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS AN EMBROIDERED TASSELLate Qing dynasty The multi-section tassel formed with a bat suspending an endless knot from its mouth, the knot then suspending a shaped ornament embroidered with ruyi scepters, blossoms, and melons, a second endless knot connecting that ornament to an oval panel embroidered with a central reserve of a deer in a garden, the 'deer' vignette covered by a piece of glass secured by a conforming embroidered silk band, the oval panel and the bat's wings each suspending tassels of yellow silk floss. 17in (43.2cm) long, overall None