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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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A RARE EMBROIDERED COURT RANK 晚明 刺繡一品文官仙鶴補子
BADGE OF SILVER PHEASANTS, BUZI 來源
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY 科西尼宮，佛羅倫斯（傳）
The square badge is embroidered in satin stitch and couched Myrna Myers 藝廊，巴黎，2006年
threads of gold and white with a bold design of two confronted 歐洲私人珍藏
silver pheasants superimposed on a dense background of lozenge-
shaped clouds and prism-like rocks and billows, all picked out in 此件補子極可能源自佛羅倫斯科西尼宮舊藏。科西尼宮曾將 30 多件風
vibrant colours of orange, red, green, yellow, brown and creamy 格類似，以獅子紋及仙鶴紋為主的補子繡於一件大掛屏上，見沃約翰著
white on a royal-blue ground. 《Silks for Thrones and Altars, Chinese Costumes and Textiles》，巴黎，
15 in. x 15 Ω in. (38 cm. x 39.5 cm.) 2003 年，頁 36 的討論，及同書圖版 11 及 12 號。
HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000
PROVENANCE
Palazzo Corsini, Florence (by repute)
Myrna Myers Gallery, Paris, 2006
This colorful, striking badge belongs to a group of similar badges that
were reportedly from the collection of the Palazzo Corsini in Florence.
According to J. Vollmer, Silks for Thrones and Altars, Chinese Costumes
and Textiles, Myrna Myers, Paris, 2003, p. 36, over thirty similar badges,
primarily depicting either lions or paired silver pheasants, such as the
present badge, were assembled in a large hanging or canopy, possibly
made up in Tibet. Similar badges are illustrated by Vollmer, ibid., nos. 11
and 12.

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