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PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION
1164
A GAUZE BLUE-GROUND RANK BADGE OF A LION, BUZI
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Made for a second rank military official, the lion is shown standing on
rocks with a curly mane and tail and flames emanating from his body,
standing beneath vaporous clouds above rocks and waves.
10æ x 10¡ in. (27.4 x 26.2 cm.)
$5,000-7,000

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清乾隆 藍地納紗二品武官獅紋補子

PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION
1165
AN EMBROIDERED MIDNIGHT-BLUE SATIN RANK BADGE
OF A XIEZHI, BUZI
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Made for a government censor, the badge is finely embroidered in
satin stitch with a mythical beast (xiezhi), with a white body and green
mane shown looking up towards the sun while standing on a rock
formation above waves tossed with auspicious emblems picked out in
Peking knot.
9Ω x 9æ in. (24 x 24.8 cm.)
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$6,000-8,000
PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION
LITERATURE:
1164 D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and 1167
Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 89, fig. A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED RANK BADGES OF PEACOCKS, BUZI %"7*% )6(64珍藏
9.15. 18TH-19TH CENTURY
清十Ջ 十̏ˠ紀ǎ彩❚˕品文官孔雀紋補子ˏ對
Made for a third rank civil official, the badge is finely embroidered with a
Badges of this type depicting the xiezhi were worn by government
peacock set against a dense double layer of clouds, amidst the wufu and peach
censors, whose duties required them to root out corruption. As such,
trees, all set above waves tossed with auspicious emblems.
the xiezhi represented imperial justice.
12q x 12q in. (31.7 x 31.7 cm.) (2)

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$12,000-18,000
清乾隆 藍地緞繡獬豸紋補子
出版:
D. Hugus, 《Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and
Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties》, 香港, 2021年, 頁89, 圖9.15
PROPERTY FROM THE DAVID HUGUS COLLECTION
1166
A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED BLUE SATIN RANK BADGES OF
MANDARIN DUCK, BUZI
DAOGUANG PERIOD (1821-1850)
Made for a seventh rank civil official, the mandarin duck (xichi) shown
looking at the sun as it stands on a rock emerging from waves tossed
with precious objects and bordered by ruyi-shaped clouds, and
surrounded by five bats (wufu) flying amidst further clouds.
12Ω x 11√ in. (31.8 x 30.2 cm.) (2)
$4,000-6,000
LITERATURE:
B. Jackson and D. Hugus, Ladder to the Clouds, Berkeley, 1999, p. 262.
1165

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清道光 藍地緞繡七品文官鸂鶒紋補子一對
出版:
B. Jackson及D. Hugus, 《Ladder to the Clouds》, 柏克萊, 1999年,
頁262
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