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PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION
A PAIR OF FINELY EMBROIDERED BLACK SATIN-GROUND RANK BADGES OF PEACOCKS, BUZI
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
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A PAIR OF FINELY EMBROIDERED BLACK SATIN-GROUND RANK BADGES OF PEACOCKS, BUZI
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
Made for the wife of a third rank civil official, each badge is worked entirely in metallic and couched threads and features a peacock standing on one leg on top of a rock formation emerging from waves tossed with auspicious emblems, with the bird’s head and tail plumage set with peacock feather filaments.
9 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (24 x 24.4 cm.)
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
Made for the wife of a third rank civil official, each badge is worked entirely in metallic and couched threads and features a peacock standing on one leg on top of a rock formation emerging from waves tossed with auspicious emblems, with the bird’s head and tail plumage set with peacock feather filaments.
9 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (24 x 24.4 cm.)
Provenance
Vince Comer, Seattle.
Literature
B. Jackson and D. Hugus, Ladder to the Clouds, Berkeley, California, 1999, p. 235.
D. Hugus and D. Yee, "Evolution of Yongzheng Rank Badges," Arts of Asia, vol. 41, January-February 2011, p. 69, no. 6.
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 79, no. 8.5.
D. Hugus and D. Yee, "Evolution of Yongzheng Rank Badges," Arts of Asia, vol. 41, January-February 2011, p. 69, no. 6.
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 79, no. 8.5.
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