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A PAIR OF RARE SEED PEARL-EMBROIDERED CIVIL OFFICIAL'S RANK BADGES OF CRANES, BUZI
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF RARE SEED PEARL-EMBROIDERED CIVIL OFFICIAL'S RANK BADGES OF CRANES, BUZI FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY Made for a civil official of the first rank, each worked in Peking knot on a satin ground, the seed pearl-embroidered crane ( xianhe ) shown facing the sun and surrounded by lingzhi -shaped clouds as it stands on a rock emerging from waves tossed with the bajixiang , flanked by rocks as well as roses and lingzhi to one side and narcissus and a fruiting peach tree to the other, all reserved on a ground of iridescent green peacock feather couching and picked out in shades of blue, green, red, white, coral, pale brown and yellow within a fretwork border in couched gold thread 12 x 12¼ in. (30.5 x 31 cm.), mounted, lucite frame (2)