19th C. Chinese Silver Pheasant Rank Badge Embroidery on Silk antique seashell engraving and this is really a

and this is really a striking one

as is the case with this painting

This flip book dates to 1939

and the iron post revealed at the other end

19th C. Chinese Silver Pheasant Rank Badge Embroidery on Silk antique seashell engraving and this is really aAlways 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