Sale 1052
Paris
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14 December 2011
Price realised
EUR 1,000
Estimate
BADGE DE RANG CIVIL EN SATIN BRODE, BUZI CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE Fait pour un officier civil du cinquième rang, brodé au point de Péking, fils d'or, d'argent et fils polychromes, au centre d'un faisan argenté, les ailes déployées, perché sur un rocher émergeant des flots, entouré de chauve-souris, nuages et pêches, encadré Dimensions: 29 x 29 cm. (11½ x 11½ in.)
Provenance
Linda Wrigglesworth Ex Valerie Garrett Collection.
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Post Lot Text
AN EMBROIDERED (WORKED IN PEKING KNOT, GOLD AND SILVER-COUCHING) SATIN CIVIL OFFICIAL'S RANK BADGE OF A SILVER PHEASANT, BUZI CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
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