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THE PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED SATIN MILITARY OFFICIAL'S RANK BADGES OF BEARS, BUZI
19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED SATIN MILITARY OFFICIAL'S RANK BADGES OF BEARS, BUZI
19TH CENTURY
Each badge is worked in satin stitch with a bear standing on rocks above crashing waves tossed with Buddhist emblems worked in Peking knot, all amidst blossoming peach, prunus, peony and lingzhi growing from rocks, and beneath ruyi-form clouds interspersed with bats, in shades of red, peach, blue, white, and yellow.
10 ¼ x 10 ¾ in. (26 x 27.3 cm.), mounted
19TH CENTURY
Each badge is worked in satin stitch with a bear standing on rocks above crashing waves tossed with Buddhist emblems worked in Peking knot, all amidst blossoming peach, prunus, peony and lingzhi growing from rocks, and beneath ruyi-form clouds interspersed with bats, in shades of red, peach, blue, white, and yellow.
10 ¼ x 10 ¾ in. (26 x 27.3 cm.), mounted