清晚期 一品文官仙鶴補|Rank badge with crane

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19th century · Pearls, coral and glass beads, and silk embroidery on silk satin · Asian Art

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Pearls, coral and glass beads, and silk embroidery on silk satin

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Bequest of William Christian Paul, 1929