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Description:
Embroidered Rank Badge, China, 18th/19th century, depicting a tiger signifying the fourth military rank, embroidered in "forbidden stitch" or seed stitch, with bats and Buddhist treasures, surrounded by blue ruyi-head clouds on a couched gold thread ground, above a lishui border and crashing waves, framed and glazed, sight size 9 3/4 x 10 in.
Estimate $600-800
Good condition, not examined out of frame.
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