Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1882-1911
Materials:silver, enamel, coral, sapphire,
Technique:
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Length: 100 millimetres Width: 94 millimetres
Description:
Medal: Imperial Order of the Double Dragon, with ribbon. This is a Grade III Class II Double Dragon Medal, with blue and yellow ribbon (issued after 1896) The outer shape is in the form of an eight-pointed star. At the centre is a silver and blue enamel circle, with the design arranged in three concentric rings. At the very centre is a sapphire. This is surrounded by a white/pale blue flower pattern. In the next ring is the inscription in Chinese and Manchu. In the outermost ring there are two silver dragons (one up each side) chasing the coral sun at the top, with three stylised mountains below. At the top of the medal is a shaped silver loop and ring for attaching the medal to its ribbon.
IMG
![图片[1]-medal BM-M.6994-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00200720_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-medal BM-M.6994-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_CME205138.jpg)
Comments:Other examples of double dragon medals:(1) Kaiserlicher Doppeldrachen-Orden, China (Köln, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, L 2019,1) https://mok.kulturelles-erbe-koeln.de/documents/obj/40038407 (accessed 14 Mar 2022) The Imperial Order of the Double Dragon was established by the Guangxu Emperor in 1882. It was originally conceived to reward foreigners for their service in China, but was later extended to Chinese subjects. Further reading: — “The Order of the Double Dragon. Imperial China’s Highest Western Style Order, 1882-1911”, by Gavin Goh (self-published, Australia, 2012). ISBN 978-0-646-57780-7– The Pitfalls of Transnational Distinction: A Royal Exchange of Honors and Contested Sovereignty in Late Qing China, by Elisabeth Kaske, in “China and the World – the World and China Vol. 2: Transcultural Perspectives on Late Imperial China”, ed. by Natascha Gentz and Catherine Vance Yeh, Deutsche Ostasienstudien 37 (Ostastien Verlag, 2019) pp.137-169. ISBN: 978-3-946114-63-5 A significant private collection of Chinese medals was sold at auction in London in 2011 (Spink, London, 21 April 2011). The catalogue is well illustrated and the medals are well documented.
Materials:silver, enamel, coral, sapphire,
Technique:
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Length: 100 millimetres Width: 94 millimetres
Description:
Medal: Imperial Order of the Double Dragon, with ribbon. This is a Grade III Class II Double Dragon Medal, with blue and yellow ribbon (issued after 1896) The outer shape is in the form of an eight-pointed star. At the centre is a silver and blue enamel circle, with the design arranged in three concentric rings. At the very centre is a sapphire. This is surrounded by a white/pale blue flower pattern. In the next ring is the inscription in Chinese and Manchu. In the outermost ring there are two silver dragons (one up each side) chasing the coral sun at the top, with three stylised mountains below. At the top of the medal is a shaped silver loop and ring for attaching the medal to its ribbon.
IMG
Comments:Other examples of double dragon medals:(1) Kaiserlicher Doppeldrachen-Orden, China (Köln, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, L 2019,1) https://mok.kulturelles-erbe-koeln.de/documents/obj/40038407 (accessed 14 Mar 2022) The Imperial Order of the Double Dragon was established by the Guangxu Emperor in 1882. It was originally conceived to reward foreigners for their service in China, but was later extended to Chinese subjects. Further reading: — “The Order of the Double Dragon. Imperial China’s Highest Western Style Order, 1882-1911”, by Gavin Goh (self-published, Australia, 2012). ISBN 978-0-646-57780-7– The Pitfalls of Transnational Distinction: A Royal Exchange of Honors and Contested Sovereignty in Late Qing China, by Elisabeth Kaske, in “China and the World – the World and China Vol. 2: Transcultural Perspectives on Late Imperial China”, ed. by Natascha Gentz and Catherine Vance Yeh, Deutsche Ostasienstudien 37 (Ostastien Verlag, 2019) pp.137-169. ISBN: 978-3-946114-63-5 A significant private collection of Chinese medals was sold at auction in London in 2011 (Spink, London, 21 April 2011). The catalogue is well illustrated and the medals are well documented.
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