23rd Mar, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
3101
Two Large Imperial Chinese "Yellow Dragon" Flags, each of pale gold linen appliqued in red, brown, cream and black with a dragon and flaming pearl, in a glazed ebonised frame, the reverse with a typed label 'This Flag and its companion once flew over the Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs Headquarters at Antung, Manchuria. After the death of the Emporor T'ung-Chih, the deposition of the Empire in November , 1911, and the accession of the Republic, these flags were presented to Captain R.Caldicott by Mr Hubbard, an Officer of the Chinese Customs Service. Antung, December 1911', size of flag 87cm by 110cm, size of frame 113cm by 128cm
Sold for £550
Estimated at £200 - £300
Each flag with shredding and loss of fabric at the tail side.
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 23rd Mar, 2022
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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Tuesday 22 March 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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