Sale 5223
London, South Kensington
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10 September 2014
Price realised
GBP 500
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A CHINESE EMBROIDERED 'CENSOR' RANK BADGE 19TH CENTURY Worked in couched silver and gold thread depicting a xiezhi on rocks amongst swirling waves and above a lishui band amongst the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, all below a coral-bead sun, all reserved on a diaper ground The badge 12 1/8 in. x 11¼ in. (30.8 cm. x 28.5 cm.), mounted, lucite frame
Provenance
The property of a European collector
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