Rank badge of a military official of the fourth rank, with tiger, bats, and flowers

Details

• Title

  Rank badge of a military official of the fourth rank, with tiger, bats, and flowers

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  19th century (1801 - 1900)
  Qing Dynasty (1645 - 1911)

• Material and technique

  two pieces of silk, dyed dark-blue, and embroidered with coloured silk; joined with stitching in white thread; cotton lining, dyed blue

• Material index

  organic › animal › animal product › silk;

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton

• Technique index

  woven;

  dyed;

  needleworked › embroidered;

  needleworked › stitched

• Object type

  textile;

  personal ornament › badge

• Dimensions

  30 x 31 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Alice P. Boney, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.405

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