Rank badge, Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered with satin and couching stitches on gauze weave, Rank badge for a civil official of the fifth rank. Embroidered silk and metallic yarns showing a silver pheasant on a ground of clouds, surrounded by auspicious symbols. Diagonal lines at the bottom signify the ocean. Seam down the center. Lined with blue silk., China, mid- 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Rank badge

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