Lot 815: A FINE MONOCHROME BLUE SILK JACKET WITH PEACOCK

A FINE MONOCHROME BLUE SILK JACKET WITH PEACOCK RANK BADGE, China, Guangxu period - Embroidered rank badge showing a rather stylized peacock, therefore third civilian rank; the jacket with light blue silk lining - Property of the former German counselor Dr. Joachim Schulze (1880-1954), who was living in China from 1907 to 1940, his stays being only shortly interrupted by trips to the Phillippines and Java. He did his military service in Qingdao and lived mostly in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin and Changsha - Good condition L. 116 cm