SOLD Stunning 19th C Chinese Rank Badge Embroidery on SIlk, Framed as Found leather covered box 12 x 10 3/8 x

12 x 10 3/8 x 5 1/4 and in very good structural condition

with what feels to me like a certain pride to the pitch at which she leans back when viewed from the sides

16 3/8" long x 2 3/4" wide x 3 5/8" tall

I do believe was the son of Portland's then mayor

even better in person (the colors are just a bit softer and more luminous than photos convey

SOLD Stunning 19th C Chinese Rank Badge Embroidery on SIlk, Framed as Found leather covered box 12 x 10 3/8 xI found this at Brimfield with a good bit of dust over the glass, but a few swipes with some Windex and this bird sings! The silk embroidery is a fine 19th century Chinese rank badge a fragment I presume, but I have not removed it from the frame. Rank badges (also called rank insignia or Mandarin squares) were used in China during the Ming (13681644) and Qing (16441911) dynasties to demonstrate the wearer's rank. There were several different birds