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Important Spring Sale 657
1206(1537206)
12051207
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Hammer price
9 500SEK
Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK

Back and front. A bird dancing on fierce waves surrounded by Buddhist emblems and cloud formations. Outer framework decorated with alternating bats and shou characters. Measure 29x30.5 cm. Measure 39x40 cm.

Wear. Set varies a bit.

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Mandarin squares were first authorized for the wear of officials in the sumptuary laws of 1391 of the Ming dynasty.  The use of squares depicting birds for civil officials and animals for military officials was an outgrowth of the use of similar squares, apparently for decorative use, in the Yuan dynasty. The original court dress regulations of the Ming dynasty were published in 1368, but did not refer to badges as rank insignia. These badges continued to be used through the remainder of the Ming and the subsequent Qing dynasty until the imperial system fell in 1912.

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Cecilia Nordström
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+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Two Chinese embroidered silk rank badges, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

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