19th C. Chinese Silver Pheasant Rank Badge Embroidery on Silk antique seashell engraving making it feel as if

making it feel as if if its wearer did plenty of caretaking

This flip book dates to 1939

and this is really a striking one

finished with linseed oil and lacquer

19th C. Chinese Silver Pheasant Rank Badge Embroidery on Silk antique seashell engraving making it feel as ifAlways learning! I found this beautiful antique embroidery on silk the other day in Maine and knew it was a special thing, and have since learned about Chinese Rank Badges, of which it is one. Rank Badges (also called rank insignia or Mandarin squares) were used in China during the Ming (13681644) and Qing (16441911) dynasties to demonstrate the wearers rankbirds for civil officials and animals for military officials. During the Qing dynasty rank