Rank Badge (buzi)
c. 1500–1550
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Rank Badge (buzi), c. 1500–1550. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Silk; slit tapestry weave (kesi); overall: 32 x 36.1 cm (12 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1985.32 This badge with paired mandarin ducks would have been for a civil officer of the 7th rank.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- silk; slit tapestry weave (kesi)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 32 x 36.1 cm (12 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1985.32
- Credit Line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1985
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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