Details
Comprising a badge with quail, Qianlong period (1736-1795); a crane badge decorated with seed pearls, Daoguang period (1821-1850); a golden pheasant badge, Daoguang period (1821-1850); and a mandarin duck badge, Daoguang period (1821-1850).
Largest: 1238 x 1214 in. (31.2 x 31 cm.)
Provenance
Crane badge: John Eric Riis.
Literature
Crane badge:
B. Jackson and D. Hugus, Ladder to the Clouds, Berkeley, California, 1999, p. 262.
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 18, fig. 2.3.

Golden pheasant badge: D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 19, fig. 2.5.

Mandarin duck badge: D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 98, fig. 11.2.
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