Rank badge with crane

19th century

Not on view

The crane corresponds to the first civil rank. In this badge, embroidery in silk was supplemented with eye-catching beading. The crane's characteristic red head and the sun disk, for example, are rendered in small coral beads; the crane's body and some of the flowers are in pearls; and the crane's legs and bill are in green beads.

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Exhibition History

清晚期一品文官仙鶴補
Title: Rank badge with crane
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date: 19th century
Culture: China
Medium: Pearls, coral and glass beads, and silk embroidery on silk satin
Dimensions: Overall: 9 x 9 1/2 in. (22.9 x 24.1 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Embroidered
Credit Line: Bequest of William Christian Paul, 1929
Object Number: 30.75.980
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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