Lot Essay
A Korean rank badge with two tiger-leopards offered together with a badge with a single leopard, both from the Robert Moore Collection of Korean Art, sold at Christies' New York, 18 March 2014, lot 724.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ZHIDAO ZHAI COLLECTION
TWO PAIRS OF KOREAN SILK EMBROIDERED RANK BADGES, HYUNG BAE
JOSEON DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
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TWO PAIRS OF KOREAN SILK EMBROIDERED RANK BADGES, HYUNG BAE
JOSEON DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
The first pair of rank badges are for a military officer signified by two white tiger-leopards with brown spots amongst clouds and cresting waves worked in polychrome silk embroidery on a dark blue ground; the second pair are for a civil official signified by two cranes in flight with a stalk of the sacred fungus in its beak, embroidered in polychrome silks on a dark blue ground amongst clouds and above cresting waves.
The larger 11 ½ x 10 7/8 in. (29.3 x 27.7 cm.)
JOSEON DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
The first pair of rank badges are for a military officer signified by two white tiger-leopards with brown spots amongst clouds and cresting waves worked in polychrome silk embroidery on a dark blue ground; the second pair are for a civil official signified by two cranes in flight with a stalk of the sacred fungus in its beak, embroidered in polychrome silks on a dark blue ground amongst clouds and above cresting waves.
The larger 11 ½ x 10 7/8 in. (29.3 x 27.7 cm.)
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