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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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