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An embroidered rank badge with a bird, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
558 - 744 EUR
628 - 837 USD
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Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
An embroidered rank badge with a bird, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Embroidered with a colourful bird standing atop of a rock formation amidst wild waves, all around the bird, ruyishaped clouds, bats, peaches and flowers. Measure 29.5x30 cm.

Provenance

Purchased from Christies, 20 juni 1997, lot no 197.

Label on the back from Chen Fa Tung Embroidery Store, No 26. Shi Hu Ying Street, Chienmen, Peking.

Property of a private Finnish Collection.

The collection was formed between 1980-2020, the collector has had an interest in China and Chinese Works of Art since childhood, growing up in Beijing. He returned to China in grownup years for work, he came to live in China altogether more than 40 years. His love of China, and Chinese works of art is mirrored in the collection and being an academic collector, he never got tired of learning more about the subject by studying literature, attending lectures, visiting museums, auction houses and befriending curators from Peking, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Stockholm. The collection consists of both Chinese ceramics and textiles, This being part 2, a part of the textile collection.