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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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