Antique Chinese Embroidered Civil Rank Badge

Item Details

An antique Chinese embroidered 7th civil rank badge. The textile displays a blue-winged Mandarin duck standing among dramatic, stylized clouds and waves. The two-panel embroidery has been joined at center and affixed to board.

Provenance
Collected in the late 19th and early 20th century and donated to a Private Midwestern Institution in 1938
Sold to enhance and preserve the Institution’s mission-relevant Collections

Condition

Consistent with age; wear to fabric; general discoloration; pulling to individual threads.

Dimensions

Item #

17COL077-219