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Lot 3007
A Chinese First Civil Rank Badge with Crane
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), silk embroidered with gold-wrapped thread and polychrome beading, having a crane to the center standing on a craggy blue rock over swirling waves, and an iron red sun is featured in the upper right corner amidst cloud bands, border has an alternating bat and longevity motifs, presented in an ebonized frame under glass.

Sight 11 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.; Frame dimensions 16 x 16 1/4 in.

Very good estate condition with no apparent losses to threads, not examined outside of frame.