A group three civil rank badgesLate Qing dynasty
Including two sixth rank kesi woven badges, one rendered in two halves for the front and one for the back, each centered with a Mandarin duck against a gold ground under the red sun amid clouds and Buddhist emblems, and further decorated with flowers and auspicious bats, all above rocks emerging from crashing waves, enclosed by key-fret band; the third a fourth rank square for the front of a robe, the two halves aligned to reveal a peacock in flight above rolling waves amid ruyi-clouds within scrolling patterns, and all worked in lustrous metallic threads; each framed and glazed.
11 1/2 x 12 3/4in (29.2 x 32.4cm) and 10 1/4 x 11in (26 x 28cm) (3).