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A GROUP OF SIX EMBROIDERED SQUARE RANK BADGES, 19TH CENTURY AND 20TH CENTURY
comprising a pair of badges applied with egrets amongst rocks and clouds, surrounded by a border of alternating bats and Shou characters; three further badges with a goose, a peacock and an egret; and a military rank badge with a qilin amongst scrolling flower decoration -- the first, 13in. x 12¼in. (33cm. x 31.2cm.), all framed and glazed. (6)
comprising a pair of badges applied with egrets amongst rocks and clouds, surrounded by a border of alternating bats and Shou characters; three further badges with a goose, a peacock and an egret; and a military rank badge with a qilin amongst scrolling flower decoration -- the first, 13in. x 12¼in. (33cm. x 31.2cm.), all framed and glazed. (6)
Provenance
Plesch collection; acquired from A. Bethmann-Hollweg, Berlin, March 1972 and 1977 (T 30, T 30A, T 31, T 31A, T 33p).
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