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PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION
A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED BLACK GAUZE RANK BADGES OF PARADISE FLYCATCHERS, BUZI
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
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A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED BLACK GAUZE RANK BADGES OF PARADISE FLYCATCHERS, BUZI
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Made for the wife of a ninth rank civil official, each badge is worked with a paradise flycatcher standing on a rock emerging from waves tossed with auspicious emblems, between pine trees and rock formations, all within a key-fret border worked in gold thread.
10 1/2 x 11 in. (26.5 x 28 in.)
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Made for the wife of a ninth rank civil official, each badge is worked with a paradise flycatcher standing on a rock emerging from waves tossed with auspicious emblems, between pine trees and rock formations, all within a key-fret border worked in gold thread.
10 1/2 x 11 in. (26.5 x 28 in.)
Literature
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 88, no. 9.12.
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