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Comprising a xiezhi badge for a government censor and a leopard badge for a military official.
12 x 1212 in. (30.5 x 31.5 cm.) and 1114 x 1158 in. (28.5 x 29.5 cm.)
Literature
Xiezhi badge: D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 27, fig. 2.39.
Leopard badge: B. Jackson and D. Hugus, Ladder to the Clouds, Berkeley, California, 1999, p. 270.
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