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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 510551, member: 56"]I've read that a lot of fakes and reproductions are well enough done that it takes an expert to know the difference. Without provenance, you should probably assume it isn't original and hope for the best after the fact.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to this site, the badge shown would have been a woman's... the wife of an official.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://journalofantiques.com/features/chinese-rank-badges/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://journalofantiques.com/features/chinese-rank-badges/" rel="nofollow">http://journalofantiques.com/features/chinese-rank-badges/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I would guess that if the quality of the workmanship is dubious, that works against it being original. The higher ranks could afford the higher quality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 510551, member: 56"]I've read that a lot of fakes and reproductions are well enough done that it takes an expert to know the difference. Without provenance, you should probably assume it isn't original and hope for the best after the fact. According to this site, the badge shown would have been a woman's... the wife of an official. [URL]http://journalofantiques.com/features/chinese-rank-badges/[/URL] I would guess that if the quality of the workmanship is dubious, that works against it being original. The higher ranks could afford the higher quality.[/QUOTE]
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