A PAIR OF PEKING KNOT 'SILVER PHEASANT' SILK BADGES

19th century

19th century
Each Fifth Civil Rank badge finely worked in Peking knot depicting the white bird perched on a pitted rock, gazing at the sun amongst foaming waves and Auspicious Emblems, surrounded by bats and blossoming lotus interspersed amidst lingzhi fungi, the border decorated with bats and sinuous chilong confronting Shou medallions.
Each 30cm (11 7/8in) x 30cm (11 7/8in). (2).

十九世紀 打籽繡白鷳紋五品文官補子

Provenance: Linda Wrigglesworth, London

來源：倫敦Linda Wrigglesworth

Compare with a related 'Peking knot' silk badge, circa 1820, depicting a mandarin duck, illustrated by B.Jackson, Ladder to the Clouds. Intrigue and Tradition in Chinese Rank, Berkeley, CA, 2000, p.256.