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A KESI CIVIL OFFICIAL’S BADGE OF A GOLDEN PHEASANT, BUZI

LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Made for a second rank civil oficial, the badge is woven with a golden pheasant standing on a rock in a
rocky landscape above waves tossed with ‘precious objects’ in the foreground and in front of a grassy
promontory in the background, surrounded by clouds that also envelop the sun. A pagoda is perched in the
rocks to the right, and peonies and pine tree grow from the rocks to the left. The whole is woven in shades
of blue, red, ochre, red, pink and yellow with some painted black detailing and is set within a border of
couched gold thread.
11Ω x 12 in. (29.3 x 30.2 cm.), mounted
$8,000-12,000
A very similar rank badge with a golden pheasant is illustrated by S. Camman, Bulletin, ‘Chinese
Mandarin Squares - Brief Catalogue of the Letcher Collection,’ University Museum, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, June 1953, fg. 10, no. 21. A pair of rank badges woven in similar style but
depicting a silver pheasant was sold at Christie’s New York, 22-23 March 2012, lot 1633.
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