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PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION
          859
          AN EMBROIDERED RANK BADGE OF A CRANE, BUZI
          QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
          Made for the wife of a first rank civil official, the badge is worked with a crane
          standing on one leg against a ground of gold lotus scroll emerging from waves
          which are depicted as cresting waves on the left and lishui stripe on the right,
          all between larger rocks and pine trees, with details picked out in `Peking knot’.
          11Ω x 11¿ in. (29.2 x 28.2 cm.)

          $5,000-7,000
          PROVENANCE:                                                                                                            PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION
          John Eric Riis.                                                                                                        861
          LITERATURE:                                                                                                            A MIDNIGHT-BLUE SILK SURCOAT, BUFU
          D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the                                          19TH CENTURY
          Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 85, no. 9.3.                                                              Made for a first rank civil official, the deep
                                                                                                                                 midnight-blue silk is applied on either side with
          DAVID HUGUS 珍藏                                                                                                         embroidered badges of cranes standing on lishui.
          清乾隆 刺繡文一品夫人白鶴方補                                                                                                        42æ x 65√ in. (108.6 x 167.3 cm.)
          來源:
                                                                                                                                 $4,000-6,000
          John Eric Riis
          出版:                                                                                                                    LITERATURE:
                                                                                                                                 D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of
          D. Hugus, 《Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and                                                          Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing
          Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties》, 香港, 2021年, 頁 85, 編號 9.3
                                                                                                                                 Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 11, no. 1.1 and p. 12,
                                                                                     859                                         no. 1.2.
          PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION
          860                                                                                                                    DAVID HUGUS 珍藏
          A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED BLACK GAUZE RANK BADGES OF    LITERATURE:                                                        清十九世紀 石青地文一品白鶴補服                                            861
          PARADISE FLYCATCHERS, BUZI                          D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the   出版:
          QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)                         Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 88, no. 9.12.         D. Hugus, 《Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols
          Made for the wife of a ninth rank civil official, each badge is worked with a                                          of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and
          paradise flycatcher standing on a rock emerging from waves tossed with   DAVID HUGUS 珍藏                                Qing Dynasties》, 香港, 2021年, 頁 11, 編號 1.1及頁
          auspicious emblems, between pine trees and rock formations, all within a key-  清乾隆 黑紗地繡文九品綬帶方補一對                       12, 編號1.2                                               PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION
          fret border worked in gold thread.
          10Ω x 11 in. (26.5 x 28 in.)                   (2)  出版:                                                                                                                        862
                                                              D. Hugus, 《Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and                                                              A VERY RARE COUCHED GOLD AND EMBROIDERED
                                                              Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties》, 香港, 2021年, 頁 88, 編號 9.12                                                        GAUZE `SHOU AND CHILONG' ROUNDEL
          $4,000-6,000
                                                                                                                                                                                         JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
                                                                                                                                                                                         The roundel is finely embroidered with a couched gold shou character
                                                                                                                                                                                         intertwined with two confronting chilong with bifurcated tails.
                                                                                                                                                                                         13º in. (33.6 cm.) diam.
                                                                                                                                                                                         $8,000-12,000
                                                                                                                                                                                         LITERATURE:
                                                                                                                                                                                         D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect
                                                                                                                                                                                         in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 122, no. 13.18.

                                                                                                                                                                                         DAVID HUGUS 珍藏
                                                                                                                                                                                         清嘉慶 金線紗繡雙螭團壽
                                                                                                                                                                                         出版:
                                                                                                                                                                                         D. Hugus, 《Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and
                                                                                                                                                                                         Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties》, 香港, 2021年, 頁 122, 編號
                                                                                                                                                                                         13.18
                                                                                                                                                                                         The present roundel, featuring two entwined chilong, may have
                                                                                                                                                                                         been intended to be worn by a prince who was second in line to the
                                                                                                                                                                                         throne. As these ‘Grandson of the Emperor’ badges were thought to
                                                                                                                                                                                         only have been produced in the latter part of the Qing dynasty, the
                                                                                                                                                                                         present roundel may have been made for the Daoguang emperor. For
                                                                                                                                                                                         an example of a robe with similarly rendered shou roundels featuring
                                                                                                                                                                                         double chilong, possibly made for the consort of the prince second
                                                                                                                                                                                         inline for the throne, see, D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of
                                                                                                                                                                                         Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong,
                                                                                                                                                                                         2021, p. 123, fig. 13.19.
                                                           860                                                                                              862




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