Comprising a pair of midnight-blue-ground `Peking knot’ silver pheasant badges, Jiaqing period (1796-1820); a paradise flycatcher badge, Guangxu period (1875-1907); and an applique golden pheasant badge, Tongzhi period (1862-1874).
Largest: 12 x 12¹⁄₄ in. (30.5 x 31.2 cm.)

Silver pheasant badges:
D. Hugus, “Mandarin Squares: The Evolution During the Qing Dynasty Jiaqing Period,” Arts of Asia, vol. 29, September-October 1999, p. 92, no. 2.
B. Jackson and D. Hugus, Ladder to the Clouds, Berkeley, California, 1999, p. 250.
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 93, fig. 10.2.

Paradise flycatcher badge:
B. Jackson and D. Hugus, Ladder to the Clouds, Berkeley, California, 1999, p. 172.
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 26, fig. 2.36.

Golden pheasant badge: D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 51, fig. 4.14.

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