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PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION
A PAIR OF KESI RANK BADGES OF CRANES, BUZI
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A PAIR OF KESI RANK BADGES OF CRANES, BUZI
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Made for a first rank civil official, each badge is worked with a crane standing on one leg on jagged rocks emerging from waves tossed with auspicious emblems, besides a tall rock formation set with a pagoda, with the border and details picked out in gold thread.
10 3/8 x 10 3/4 in. (26.2 x 27.2 cm.)
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Made for a first rank civil official, each badge is worked with a crane standing on one leg on jagged rocks emerging from waves tossed with auspicious emblems, besides a tall rock formation set with a pagoda, with the border and details picked out in gold thread.
10 3/8 x 10 3/4 in. (26.2 x 27.2 cm.)
Provenance
John Eric Riis.
Literature
B. Jackson and D. Hugus, Ladder to the Clouds, Berkeley, California, 1999, p. 240.
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 86, no. 9.5.
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 86, no. 9.5.
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