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Lot 148
A group three civil rank badges Late Qing dynasty
13 – 23 October 2020, 12:00 PDT
Los AngelesUS$1,000 - US$1,500
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A group three civil rank badges
Late Qing dynasty
Including two sixth rank kesi woven badges, one rendered in two halves for the front and one for the back, each centered with a Mandarin duck against a gold ground under the red sun amid clouds and Buddhist emblems, and further decorated with flowers and auspicious bats, all above rocks emerging from crashing waves, enclosed by key-fret band; the third a fourth rank square for the front of a robe, the two halves aligned to reveal a peacock in flight above rolling waves amid ruyi-clouds within scrolling patterns, and all worked in lustrous metallic threads; each framed and glazed.
11 1/2 x 12 3/4in (29.2 x 32.4cm) and 10 1/4 x 11in (26 x 28cm) (3).
Including two sixth rank kesi woven badges, one rendered in two halves for the front and one for the back, each centered with a Mandarin duck against a gold ground under the red sun amid clouds and Buddhist emblems, and further decorated with flowers and auspicious bats, all above rocks emerging from crashing waves, enclosed by key-fret band; the third a fourth rank square for the front of a robe, the two halves aligned to reveal a peacock in flight above rolling waves amid ruyi-clouds within scrolling patterns, and all worked in lustrous metallic threads; each framed and glazed.
11 1/2 x 12 3/4in (29.2 x 32.4cm) and 10 1/4 x 11in (26 x 28cm) (3).














