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IMPERIAL CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART FROM THE 清末 御賜三等第一雙龍寶星
DETRING/VON HANNEKEN COLLECTION
AN ORDER OF THE DOUBLE DRAGON 來源
據傳1886年授予漢納根(1854-1925)， 自此家族傳承
MEDAL
LATE QING DYNASTY
First type (1882-1902), Third Class, First Grade, large neck
badge in silver-gilt, with two dragons flanking a central
aperture, now lacking its original central coloured glass stone,
against a blue and turquoise enamelled ground, the reverse
plain save for an impressed Chinese seal, surmounted by a
ruyi loop
width: 8.62 cm, 3⅜ in.
PROVENANCE
Possibly awarded to Constantin von Hanneken (1854-1925) in
1886, and thence by descent.
£ 7,000-10,000
HK$ 71,000-102,000 US$ 9,100-13,000
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