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A Pair of Silk Kesi Rank Badges, buzi, for a 4th Rank Civil Official
A pair of silk kesi rank badges, buzi, for a 4th rank civil official. Each badge woven with a wild goose perched on a rock and gazing at a red sun disc. The background of gold scrolls woven in wrapped gold thread and embellished with bats and Daoist Emblems amongst clouds. The foreground with water and waves supporting the Eight Buddhist Emblems and flanked by a large peony, narcissus, bamboo and lingzhi fungus. The badges bordered with a swastika fret.
Chinese, Guangxu period, 1871-1908
Measurement of each badge: height 31 cms; width 30.5 cms
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