Rank badge, Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on silk foundation, coral beads Technique: embroidered with satin and couching stitches on satin weave, Rank badge for a civil official. Embroidered silk and metallic yarns showing a bird facing a sun disk, on a ground of clouds. Seam at center., China, mid- 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Rank badge

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