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PAIR CHINESE MANDARIN RANK BADGES
Estimate:
$500 - $1,000
Sold
$300
Live Auction
March 25th Estate Auction
Category
Description
18th/19th Centuries, for front-and-back of garment, each worked in silk depicting a mandarin duck rising (for 7th Rank mandarin) surrounded by waves and other motifs on a pale salmon-colored ground
h. 10 w. 10-1/2 in. (sight) overall: 18-1/2 x 19 in.
Condition
some losses in borders, one with scratches in plexi covering
Provenance
Vallin Galleries, Wilton, CT