Rank badge, Medium: satin, silk, metal thread, coral beads Technique: embroidery (couching stitch), Mandarin Square (P'u-Tzu) for military official of the second rank. Lion on a rock surrounded by wave and cloud forms and symbols, worked in couching. Sun is made of small coral beads. Narrow border of Chinese character alternating with bat motif., China, 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Rank badge

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License: Licensed
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