SOLD Stunning 19th C Chinese Rank Badge Embroidery on SIlk, Framed as Found ducks in a row a nice one

a nice one

I assume early vintage condition

not visible from the front and it still sits flat

daughters of the priest Anuis

giving one or the other the upper hand

SOLD Stunning 19th C Chinese Rank Badge Embroidery on SIlk, Framed as Found ducks in a row a nice oneI 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