SET OF TWO CIVIL RANK BADGES OF WILD GOOSE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
£1,260
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
Description
清 墨地刺繡四品文官雲雀補子一套(共兩件)
for the fourth-ranked civil officer, each depicting a bird standing on one foot on a rock issuing from ferocious crashing waves, enclosed by lingzhi fungus, flowers, bats, clouds, and sun with embroideries, stitch knots and couched gold threads, key fret border
Dimensions
28.7cm x 30cm; 38.7cm x 30.4cm
Provenance
Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh. Inherited by the current owner's grandmother, whose family served as missionaries in China in the first quarter of the 20th century.