Civil Rank Badge of silk and couched metallic threads w/ 5th rank Silver Pheasant
- Title
- Civil Rank Badge of silk and couched metallic threads w/ 5th rank Silver Pheasant
- LC Subject
- textiles (visual works)
- Donor
- Clark, Ava Milam, 1884-1976
- Description
- Civil Rank Badge of silk and couched metallic threads w/ 5th rank Silver Pheasant (appliqued) surrounded by Buddhist emblems; border of bats and Shou character; front jacket badge; worn by a male.
- Motif
- Silver Pheasant (5th rank) recognized by 5 widely separated tail feathers; white
- Work Type
- badges
- Location
- People's Republic of China
- Date
- 1801/1900
- Identifier
- 0000.001.007
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk; Metallic Threads
- Technique
- Couching Stitch; Long and Short Stitch; Satin Stitch
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Civil Rank Badge of blues, golds, lilac and red silks in long and short stitch and satin stitch with couched metallic threads. This Mandarin Square features a 5th rank Silver Pheasant perched and looking up at the sun disk, which is a symbol of rising high. The direction that the bird is facing toward the sun indicates that this badge would have been worn by a male. _ The bird is surrounded by Buddhist emblems, symbols of luck, with a border of bats and shou characters. The shou character is a symbol of longevity and bats are a symbol of luck. The separation down the center indicates that this is a front jacket badge. A close look reveals that the bird has been appliqued onto the background. This technique was widely used in the late 19 th century as it provided an easy way to change ones rank by simply switching out the birds. _
