Rank Badge with Mandarin Duck
By the end of the seventeenth century, Qing dynasty norms had developed and taken hold in the iconography of rank badges. At that time the animals and birds on badges were depicted looking at a sun disk, said to represent the emperor. It is seen in the upper right of this badge.
Artwork Details
- Title: Rank Badge with Mandarin Duck
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: late 17th–early 18th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Silk and metallic thread tapestry (kesi)
- Dimensions: 11 x 10 1/2 in. (27.9 x 26.7 cm)
- Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
- Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 1946
- Object Number: 46.133.30
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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