Property from an English Private collection (lots 382-392)
A group of seven rank badges
19th/early 20th centuryComprising: a pair of ninth rank paradise flycatcher badges, with the birds applied separately, circa 1900-10; a pair of kesi fifth rank loose weave silver pheasant badges, circa 1880-90; two embroidered fifth rank silver pheasant badges, the birds applied separately in metal thread, circa 1900-10; and a single embroidered oriole badge for a musician, the bird in gold thread beneath a coral-beaded sun, circa 1900. The largest 30.5cm x 31.5cm (12in x 12.1/4in). (7).