Badges

Museum number:
9-21649
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021649
Alternate number:
MVC-0611 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Pair of Imperial Era, civil official’s rank badges worn on the front and back of a robe; silver, couched bird [pheasant?] on blue/green silk, sewn together. Embroidered blue eye on each bird. Bird is standing on a rock over waves and water and surrounded by clouds and Bhuddist symbols. Border of scrolled flowers, tendrils and the Chinese character for long life.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Used to identify civil servants; sewn on to front & back of Imperial Court robes.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 41 centimeters and width 16.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Silk ground cloth is falling apart
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Badges, accession number 9-21649, described as Pair of Imperial Era, civil official’s rank badges worn on the front and back of a robe; silver, couched bird [pheasant?] on blue/green silk, sewn together. Embroidered blue eye on each bird. Bird is standing on a rock over waves and water and surrounded by clouds and Bhuddist symbols. Border of scrolled flowers, tendrils and the Chinese character for long life.

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