A Beadwork and Applique Chinese Figural Panel, for European Export Market first half 19th century

depicting a seated elder on a elaborate golden chair, with a vase of flowers on a plinth behind, and a standing younger male figure holding up a circular beaded mirror, the figures applied with textile sections, brocade, chintz and silk, leather, suede, coral, feathers, polychrome and gold coloured beads, and further embellished with strings of beads and paste jewels,  the faces and hands painted on silk and applied, against a ground of shades of bronze coloured glass beads in the upper section interspersed with a stylised motif in black, white, blue and yellow, the lower section applied with cut floral metal sequins (many missing) against a copper coloured backing (visible), with a highly stylised Chinese calligraphy character top right, mounted in a later giltwood and glazed frame