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Compare with a nearly-identical silk kesi ‘qilin’ badge, Daoguang or
Xianfeng, in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, acc.no.950.100.328;
and a related silk kesi qilin badge, circa 1850, illustrated by B.Jackson
and D.Hugus, Ladder to the Clouds. Intrigue and Tradition in Chinese
Rank, Berkeley, 200, fig.185.

Compare also with a silk painting of the first-rank military official’s
surcoat decorated with a ‘qilin’ badge, in the Illustrated Regulations for
Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the Qing dynasty, circa 1780-1781, in the
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by L.Wrigglesworth and
G.Dickinson, The Imperial Wardrobe, London, 1990, p.134, pl.118.

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A PAIR OF CIVIL OFFICIAL KESI FIRST-RANK ‘CRANE’ BADGES
AND A PEKING-KNOT FIFTH-RANK BADGE
Circa 1820
The pair depicting birds with painted details shown facing the sun
as they alight on a rock amongst foaming waves surrounded by
scrollwork and ruyi clouds interspersed with the Eight Treasures, all
above a gold and silver lishui stripe, each within a border of bats and
Shou characters, 31cm (12 1/8in) x 30.2cm (11 7/8in); and the civil
official ‘Silver Pheasant’ badge, buzi, 19th century, finely worked in
gold thread and Peking knot with the white long-tailed bird facing
the sun as it stands on one leg atop a rock emerging from waves
surrounded by the Eight Buddhist Symbols, flowering peonies and 88
large peaches, all on a gilt ground, 29.5cm
(11 1/2in) x 29.5cm (11 1/2in). (3).
Compare the ‘silver pheasant’ badge with a silk and gold thread and
knot-stitched ‘cloud goose’ badge, mid 19th century, illustrated in
£2,000 - 3,000 Emperor’s Court to Village Festivals. Chinese Costume and Textiles
CNY18,000 - 27,000 from the Collection of the Otago Museum, Dunedin, 1998, no.36. See
also a similarly-embroidered Peking knot and gold thread ‘wild goose’
約1820年 緙 絲仙鶴紋一品文官補子一對 及 十九世紀 刺繡白鷳紋五品 badge, 1850, illustrated by B.Jackson and D.Hughes, Ladder to the
文官補子 一組三件 Clouds, Berkeley, 1999, p.154, no.12.013

Provenance: Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd., London, 2005 For the ‘crane’ badge, compare with a related kesi ‘silver pheasant’
badge, 19th century, illustrated by B.Jackson and D.Hughes, Ladder
來源：倫敦古董商Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd.，2005年 to the Clouds, Berkeley, 1999, p.176, no.12.041.

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