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PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION
AN EMBROIDERED RANK BADGE OF A CRANE, BUZI
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
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AN EMBROIDERED RANK BADGE OF A CRANE, BUZI
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Made for the wife of a first rank civil official, the badge is worked with a crane standing on one leg against a ground of gold lotus scroll emerging from waves which are depicted as cresting waves on the left and lishui stripe on the right, all between larger rocks and pine trees, with details picked out in 'Peking knot’.
11 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (29.2 x 28.2 cm.)
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Made for the wife of a first rank civil official, the badge is worked with a crane standing on one leg against a ground of gold lotus scroll emerging from waves which are depicted as cresting waves on the left and lishui stripe on the right, all between larger rocks and pine trees, with details picked out in 'Peking knot’.
11 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (29.2 x 28.2 cm.)
Provenance
John Eric Riis.
Literature
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 85, no. 9.3.
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Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
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