SOLD Stunning 19th C Chinese Rank Badge Embroidery on SIlk, Framed as Found leather covered box and the tactile gold surface

and the tactile gold surface decoration shows less detail than others I've seen

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

with a nice warm patina to the brass

SOLD Stunning 19th C Chinese Rank Badge Embroidery on SIlk, Framed as Found leather covered box and the tactile gold surfaceI 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