Chinese Kesi Twelve-Symbol Sun Badge

Finely woven with a gold front-facing five-clawed dragon with its body coiled around a 'flaming pearl' as it leaps ruyi-shaped clouds interspersed with Eight Buddhist Emblems, above billowing waves. A

Finely woven with a gold front-facing five-clawed dragon with its body coiled around a 'flaming pearl' as it leaps ruyi-shaped clouds interspersed with Eight Buddhist Emblems, above billowing waves. A

Chinese Mandarin Woven Kesi Civil Official's Rank Badge. Qing dynasty. The bird facing the red sun perched upon a rock amid rolling waves, the blue sky decorated with auspicious symbols and clouds, wi

Qing dynasty Chinese Kesi square with depiction of bats above a landscape and a kesi round rank badge with a pheasant among auspicious symbols and clouds, and an embroidered sleeve end mounted as a sc

Chinese kesi woven rank badge, depicting the mandarin duck of the seventh civil rank standing on a rock facing the sun amid clouds, auspicious emblems, flowers and waves, 11"h x 12"w.

Chinese kesi woven rank badge, depicting the wild goose of the fourth civil rank in flight facing the sun amid clouds, 11"h x 11"w.

Chinese kesi woven rank badge, depicting the wild goose of the fourth civil rank in flight facing the sun amid clouds, 11"h x 11"w.

CHINESE KESI CIVIL RANK BADGE, silk, featuring a bird, probably a wild goose, to center looking up to the sun, surrounded by cloud-type motifs, waves at its feet, lower fourth with striped design, all

2 @ CHINESE KESI TAPESTRY SILK RANK BADGES BUZI: Two Chinese Kesi (K'o-ssu) tapestry silk rank badges (mandarin squares); each with applique pheasants staring at the sun (symbolizing immortality) and

Framed Qing Dynasty Kesi metallic silk embroidered rank badge, featuring central phoenix bird in flight, surrounded by clouds and auspicious symbols, with bat and Shou symbols to border. 11 1/2" x 12"

20th century, 5th civil rank, each depicting silver pheasant amongst rolling waves, sun, auspicious symbols, from robe back and front, set in conforming frame, larger badge 10-7/8 x 11-1/8 in.

Chinese late 17th or early 18th Century Round Kesi Imperial Badge with the 5 Claw Dragon facing full front around the Flaming Pearl, above its neck a small Cockerel in the Sun with further Bats and Pe

Chinese Mandarin Square Silver Pheasant 5th rank badge Front panels, Civil rank, fine very tiny gold and silk stitches of a bird right facing, flying between clouds, lucky symbols and a red sun. Turqu

2 matching Qing dynasty crane Chinese civil rank badges (buzi) of left facing silver cranes flying above golden sea towards scarlet sun & moon for woman's kesi vest or robe: 1 w/ sun for back, 11" x 1

Pair of 19th century Chinese silk rank badges for a third rank military official, depicting a leopard with a rising sun surrounded by auspicious symbols, decorated with embroidery in colored threads.

19th and 20th century, 5th civil rank, each depicting a silver pheasant, the first amongst clouds with sun, flaming pearl, auspicious symbols and geometric border, second amongst rolling waves with su

Gold embroidered flying crane with sun above blue waves and auspicious symbols in the sky. Fitted in a wood tray. W of badge 34cm (13 1/2in) Provenance: Abbey Antiques, Winnipeg

A framed Chinese embroidered ranking badge dating from the 19th century. The badge is of the sixth rank, featuring an egret facing the sun on the right. It is surrounded by auspicious symbols and feat

Early 19th century, finely woven with a gold front-facing five-clawed dragon with its body coiled around a 'flaming pearl' as it leaps amidst ruyi-shaped clouds interspersed with the gold scrolling fo

Early 19th century, finely woven with a gold front-facing five-clawed dragon with its body coiled around a 'flaming pearl' as it leaps amidst ruyi-shaped clouds interspersed with the gold scrolling fo

A CHINESE IMPERIAL TWELVE-SYMBOL SILK DRAGON ROBE The robe is finely woven with nine dragons, one hidden by the over-flap, chasing flaming pearls and surrounded by clouds, bats and flowers, and the tw

Rare Chinese Qing dynasty kossu or kesi rank badge with woven bird, possibly peacock, feather. The incorporation of feather in textile was valued in Qing dynasty as the famous Chinese early Qing dynas

Qing Dyn. Chinese Kesi Rank Badge 31 x 31 cm.

Qing Dyn. Chinese Kesi Rank Badge,30x30 cm.