Chinese rank badge #3144

 

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#3144 12"x12" Chinese Rank badge from the front of a robe, woven in two pieces so that the robe could be opened from the front, 1st Qtr 20thC, very fine metal couching on silk, the two long tail feathers with a single spot identify this bird as a Paradise Flycatcher, the 9th rank of civil service, although the work is fine, and the owner would have been proud to wear it, the work is not a difficult as Kossu tapestry, but men in the lowest rank would not have been able, necessarily, to afford the finer work, also, it may have been more appropriate for someone in the 9th rank to have a badge of this type, showing humility, and not trying to overstep his position, very good condition, framed $395.00

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