Rank badge, Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered with split, stem, and couching stitches on satin weave, Rank badge for a civil official of the fifth rank. Embroidered silk and metallic yarns showing a silver pheasant facing a sun disk, on a ground of clouds and surrounded by auspicious symbols. Diagonal lines at bottom and meandering key border., China, mid- 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Rank badge

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