Sale 1052
Paris
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14 December 2011
Price realised
EUR 5,250
Estimate
PAIRE DE BADGES DE RANG MILITAIRE EN SOIE BRODEE, BUZI CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE A fond noir, brodés au point de Péking, fils d'or et polychromes, au centre d'un tigre sur un rocher émergeant des flots, entouré de nuages et symboles auspicieux sur fond de motifs géométriques, encadrés Dimensions: 31 x 28 cm. (12¼ x 11 in.) (2)
Provenance
Christie's New York, 18-19 March 2009, lot 672
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Literature
One tiger badge: B. Jackson & D. Hugus, Ph.D., Ladder to the clouds: Intrigue and Tradition in Chinese Rank, Berkeley, 1999, p.180.
Post Lot Text
A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED (WORKED IN PEKING KNOT AND GOLD-COUCHING) SILK MILITARY OFFICIAL'S RANK BADGES OF A TIGER, BUZI CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
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