AN EMBROIDERED 'SILVER PHEASANT' SILK BADGE, BUZI

Early 19th century

Early 19th century
Made for the Fifth Civil Rank, finely worked in subtle-shaded satin stitch depicting the elegant bird gazing at the sun, perched upon a rock amongst rolling waves, flanked by branches bearing nine large auspicious peaches and blossoming peonies, all interspersed with vaporous clouds and five bats on a midnight-blue ground within a gold thread key-fret border.
31.5cm (12 1/2in) wide x 31cm (12 1/8in) long.

十九世紀早期 刺繡白鷳紋五品文官補子

Provenance: Linda Wrigglesworth, London

來源：倫敦Linda Wrigglesworth

Compare with a related embroidered 'silver pheasant' badge, 18th/19th century, in the Metropolitan Art Museum, New York, acc.no.30.75.986.