California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 Dec. 15, 2013  Dec. 15, 2013

 Lot # 164 
A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED CIVIL OFFICIALS RANK BADGES OF CRANES    清 平金一品文官補子一對


  • Dimension: W: 12 1/4 in (31 cm) H: 11 1/4 in (28.5 cm)
  • Estimate From: $1200
  • Estimate To: $1500

Made for a civil official of the first rank, each with a white crane looking at the sun amidst pine trees, as it stands on one leg on a rock emerging from wind-tossed waves. The design is picked out in shades of gold, red, pink, black, and white, with an outer border of key-fret in couched gold thread. Qing Dynasty period