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19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF 'CLOUD GOOSE' RANK BADGES, BUZI
19TH CENTURY
They are made for a fourth rank official and embroidered in counted stitch technique in coloured silks and gold and silver thread, depicting a yellow goose standing on a rock emerging from waves, flanked by flowers and tall rocks, within a ruyi head border.
8 ½ x 9 in. (21.5 x 23 cm.), framed and glazed
19TH CENTURY
They are made for a fourth rank official and embroidered in counted stitch technique in coloured silks and gold and silver thread, depicting a yellow goose standing on a rock emerging from waves, flanked by flowers and tall rocks, within a ruyi head border.
8 ½ x 9 in. (21.5 x 23 cm.), framed and glazed
Provenance
Acquired in China by Augustine Heard, who established a trading house in Shanghai in 1860 or Max von Brant who was German Minister Plenipotentiary to China (1875-1893).
Inherited by the late Mrs Horace Gray, and was purchased by the vendor in the 1970s.
Inherited by the late Mrs Horace Gray, and was purchased by the vendor in the 1970s.