Property from the private collection of Ms. Linda Wrigglesworth, lots 189-201.
A white egret rank badge
18th/19th centuryMade for a civil official of the sixth rank, the bird facing the sun, alighting on rockwork emerging from foaming waves, tossed with auspicious emblems, surrounded by the wufu amidst blue and white lingzhi-form clouds, a fruiting peach tree and flowering peonies issuing from rockwork to the sides, mounted, perspex frame. 31cm (12.1/4in) square.