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PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION
                                                                                                                                 853
                                                                                                                                 A FINELY EMBROIDERED GOLD-
                                                                                                                                 GROUND RANK BADGE OF A CRANE,
                                                                                                                                 BUZI
                                                                                                                                 YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
                                                                                                                                 Made for a first rank civil official, the badge is
                                                                                                                                 worked with a crane perched on one leg standing
                                                                                                                                 on top of a rock emerging from waves delineated
                                                                                                                                 with gold thread, with details of the head and
                                                                                                                                 auspicious emblems worked in `Peking knot’.
                                                                                                                                 10æ x 10√ in. (27.2 x 27.5 cm.)

                                                                                                                                 $2,000-3,000
                                                                                                                                 LITERATURE:
                                                                                                                                 D. Hugus and D. Yee, "Evolution of Yongzheng
                                                                                                                                 Rank Badges," Arts of Asia, vol. 41, January-
                                                                                                                                 February 2011, p. 72, no. 16.
                                                                                                                                 D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of
                                                                                                                                 Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing
                                                                                                                                 Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 80, no. 8.10.

                                                                                                                                 DAVID HUGUS 珍藏
                                                                                                                                 清雍正 金地繡文一品白鶴方補
                                                                                                                                 出版:
                                                                                                                                   D. Hugus 及 D. Yee, "Evolution of Yongzheng
                                                                                                                                          "
                                                                                                                                 Rank Badges, Arts of Asia, 卷 41, January-
                                                                                                                                 February 2011年1-2月, 頁 72, 編號 16D. Hugus,
                                                                                                                                 《Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power,
                                                                                                                                 Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing
                                                                                                                                 Dynasties》, 香港, 2021年, 頁 80, 編號 8.10

                                                                                                                                 PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION
          PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION                                                                               ~854                                                               853
          ~852                                                                                                                   AN EMBROIDERED BLACK SATIN-
                                                                                                                                 GROUND RANK BADGE OF A WILD
          A RARE PAIR OF EMBROIDERED GOLD-                                                                                       GOOSE, BUZI
          GROUND RANK BADGES OF QILIN, BUZI                                                                                      YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
          KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)                                                                                              Made for the wife of a fourth rank civil official, the
          Made for a first-rank military official, each badge is                                                                 badge is embroidered with a wild goose perched
          worked in shades of white, blue, coral, green, and                                                                     on a rock worked with peacock feather filament
          brown, with a qilin standing on jagged rocks above                                                                     above waves delineated with gold thread, all within
          waves, all amidst ruyi-shaped clouds. The qilin's                                                                      a vaporous cloud border.
          spine, rocks, and areas of the border are all picked
          out in peacock feather filament.                                                                                       8√ x 9º in. (22.5 x 23.6 cm.)
          11Ω x 12 in. (29.3 x 30.6 cm.)  (2)
                                                                                                                                 $6,000-8,000
          $30,000-50,000                                                                                                         PROVENANCE:
                                                                                                                                 Judith Rutherford.
          PROVENANCE:                                                                                                            Christie's Paris, 14 December 2011, lot 149.
          Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2014, lot 404.
                                                                                                                                 LITERATURE:
          LITERATURE:                                                                                                            B. Jackson and D. Hugus, Ladder to the Clouds,
          D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of                                                                              Berkeley, California, 1999, p. 233.
          Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing                                                                      D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of
          Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 31, no. 3.2 and p.                                                                      Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing
          73, no. 7.6 and cover (one).                                                                                           Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 77, no. 8.1.

          DAVID HUGUS 珍藏
                                                                                                                                 DAVID HUGUS 珍藏
          清康熙 金地繡武一品麒麟方補一對                                                                                                       清雍正 黑緞地繡文四品雲雁方補
          來源:                                                                                                                    來源:
          紐約蘇富比, 2014年3月19日, 拍品編號 404                                                                                            Judith Rutherford
          出版:                                                                                                                    巴黎佳士得, 2011年12月14日, 拍品編號 149
          D. Hugus, 《Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols                                                                                出版:
          of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and                                                                        B. Jackson 及 D. Hugus, 《Ladder to the
          Qing Dynasties》, 香港, 2021年, 頁 31, 編號 3.2 及                                                                             Clouds》, 柏克萊, 加州, 1999年, 頁 233
          頁 73, 編號 7.6 及封面(其一)                                                                                                   D. Hugus, 《Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols
                                                                                                                                 of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and
                                                                                                                                 Qing Dynasties》, 香港, 2021年, 頁 77, 編號 8.1                           854





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