Description:
Pair of Kesi Rank Badges, China, 19th century, depicting an egret in flight signifying the sixth civil rank, a red sun in the upper left, surrounded by stylized clouds and the "Eight Buddhist Treasures," above a lishui border, 11 1/2 x 12 in.
Provenance: From the collection of a New England family who lived in China from 1899 to the 1960s.
Estimate $700-900
one in half, both with border separating from one side, few loose threads.
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Keywords
ChinaSuhyung Kim
Director, Asian Works of Art
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Helen Eagles
Deputy Director, Asian Works of Art
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