A VERY RARE PAIR OF GOLD-GROUND BROCADE RANK BADGES OF PEACOCKS, BUZI

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25.03.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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Los 1155 | A VERY RARE PAIR OF GOLD-GROUND BROCADE RANK BADGES OF PEACOCKS, BUZI
A VERY RARE PAIR OF GOLD-GROUND BROCADE RANK BADGES OF PEACOCKS, BUZI

17TH CENTURY

Made for the wife of a third-rank civil official, each badge is worked in blue, red, and green with a large peacock standing on one leg on jagged rocks above waves, all amidst scrolling clouds with details picked out in peacock feather filament.

11 x 12 1⁄4 in. (27.9 x 30.8 cm.)







Provenance

Myrna Myers, Paris.

Christie's New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1250.





Literature

D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 70, fig. 6.7 (one).





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