Description:
Two Kesi Circular Rank Badges, Buzi, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912),one Eighth Civil rank badge woven with a quail perched amidst Buddhist emblems and clouds against a gold ground, and one Third Military rank badge woven with a leopard surrounded by Taoist and Buddhist emblems against a gold ground, framed, dia. 9 in.
Estimate $800-1,200
unexamined out of frames
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