A Chinese embroidered gauze civil official's rank badge of a egret, Buzi, late 18th century or early 19th century, made for a civil official of the 7th rank, the bird shown facing the sun as it alights on a rock emerging from froth-capped waves tossed with auspicious emblems, surrounded by colourful lingzhi-shaped clouds, all picked out in shades of blue, coral, yellow, green and white, within a border of gold-wrapped thread and blue silk with alternating longevity symbols, 29.2cm x 30.3cm Provenance: Property of an English collector, mainly buying in Portobello market, and various places in London, in the early 1950's and 1960's. 清18世纪晚期-19世纪早期 缂丝七品补子 拍品来源：英国私人收藏，主要于上世纪50-60年代购自伦敦