Pair of Kesi Rank Badges, China, 19th century, depicting an egret in flight signifying the sixth civil rank, a red sun in the upper left, surrounded by stylized clouds and the "Eight Buddhist Treasures," above a lishui border, 11 1/2 x 12 in. Provenance: From the collection of a New England family who lived in China from 1899 to the 1960s.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-09-19
Pair of Embroidered Rank Badges, China, 19th/20th century, depicting an egret signifying the sixth civil rank, surrounded by bats, stylized clouds, and peonies and rockwork Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2020-06-09
Pair of Embroidered Rank Badges, China, 19th/20th century, depicting a long-tailed flycatcher, signifying the ninth civil rank, surrounded by bats, clouds, and peaches, with stylized Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2020-06-09
Pair of Embroidered Rank Badges, China, 18th/19th century, depicting a leopard signifying the third military rank, standing on a crashing wave with a lishui border Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-09-19
Pair of Embroidered Rank Badges, China, 19th century, depicting a quail, signifying the eighth civil rank, with a red sun and a background of the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2020-06-09
Pair of Embroidered Rank Badges, China, 19th/20th century, depicting a silver pheasant signifying the fifth civil rank, with a beaded red sun and a background Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2020-06-09
Pair of Embroidered Rank Badges, China, 19th/20th century, depicting a peacock signifying the third civil rank, surrounded by stylized clouds, waves, and a lishui border, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2020-06-09
Pair of Embroidered Rank Badges, China, depicting an appliqued silver pheasant signifying the fifth civil rank and a red sun on a ground of stylized Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-09-14
Pair of Embroidered Rank Badges, China, depicting an egret, signifying the sixth civil rank, with a beaded coral red sun and a background of stylized Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-09-14
Pair of Embroidered Rank Badges, China, depicting a silver pheasant signifying the fifth civil rank, and a red sun appliqued on to a background of Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-09-14
Pair of Circular Rank Badges, China, the appliqued silver pheasant, insignia of a Fifth-Rank Civil Official, depicted flying against a background of clouds and the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-07-26
