A Chinese 'Tiger' Military Rank Badge.
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A Chinese 'Tiger' Military Rank Badge, Ming Dynasty. Designed for a fourth rank military official, worked with silk and couched metallic threads on a dark gray ground, the appliqued tiger with a gaping mouth and the character 'wang' on its forehead, surrounded by lingzhi-shaped clouds above rock formations and swirling waves, within a border of alternating shou characters and bats. Ming Dynasty. {Measurements: 11 1/2 x 12 inches (29.2 x 30.5 cm)}. Provenance: Property from the Richard I. Stone Estate.
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A Chinese 'Tiger' Military Rank Badge.
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