Comprising a pair of counted stitch on gauze xiezhi badges, a pair of kesi leopard badges, a pair of ‘Peking knot’ embroidered bear badges, a kesi xiezhi badge, and a ‘Peking knot’ embroidered leopard badge.
Largest: 12 in. (30.5 cm.) square

Pair of xiezhi badges:
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 108, fig. 12.10 (one).

Pair of leopard badges:
B. Jackson and D. Hugus, Ladder to the Clouds, Berkeley, California, 1999, p. 192.
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 34, fig. 3.12 & p. 110, fig. 12.18 (one).

Pair of bear badges:
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 96, fig. 10.10.

Leopard badge:
B. Jackson and D. Hugus, Ladder to the Clouds, Berkeley, California, 1999, p. 191.
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 33, fig. 3.11 & p. 104, fig. 11.22.

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