Description:
Four Kesi Textile Items, China, late 17th to 19th century, three square rank badges, two for civil officials, each with a mandarin duck, and one military official's with a tiger, sizes to 18 5/8 x 18 3/4 in.
Estimate $800-1,000
all rank badges with overall age wear and tear, severe fading and discoloration, mandain ducks with tears along edges and corners, severe discoloration, traces of water damages and stains, one with a hole, tiger with a prominent tattered hole, lishui cloth with minor tears near the horizontal center.
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Keywords
ChinaSuhyung Kim
Director, Asian Works of Art
508-970-3263
Helen Eagles
Deputy Director, Asian Works of Art
508-970-3132
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