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THREE KESI MILITARY BADGES OF RANK
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The first displaying a leopard for a third rank military official, picked out in pale orange amidst stylized clouds interspersed with Daoist and Buddhist emblems, the second a pair of fourth rank tiger badges, amidst similar emblems, picked out in shades of blue against a pale gold ground; together with a pair of square dragon insignias, late 19th century, made for a duke or Imperial clansman, each worked in multi-colored counted stitch with a full-face five-clawed dragon amidst clouds and Buddhist emblems, within a shou character and bat border
All approximately 11½in. (29.2cm.) across (5)
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The first displaying a leopard for a third rank military official, picked out in pale orange amidst stylized clouds interspersed with Daoist and Buddhist emblems, the second a pair of fourth rank tiger badges, amidst similar emblems, picked out in shades of blue against a pale gold ground; together with a pair of square dragon insignias, late 19th century, made for a duke or Imperial clansman, each worked in multi-colored counted stitch with a full-face five-clawed dragon amidst clouds and Buddhist emblems, within a shou character and bat border
All approximately 11½in. (29.2cm.) across (5)
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