Lot Essay
Women did not hold rank themselves but would allude to the rank of their husand (or father, if unmarried) in the rank badge they wore.
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A lady's surcoat (pu fu) of midnight blue satin
embroidered in silks and couched gilt thread with a civil rank badge to front and back worked with a second rank Golden Pheasant, sprigged with orchids, prunus blossom, chrysanthemums and peonies above a sea-wave border, mid 19th century, (some wear)
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embroidered in silks and couched gilt thread with a civil rank badge to front and back worked with a second rank Golden Pheasant, sprigged with orchids, prunus blossom, chrysanthemums and peonies above a sea-wave border, mid 19th century, (some wear)
See Illustration
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