Civil Rank Badge w/ 5th rank Silver Pheasant on key fret background
- Title
- Civil Rank Badge w/ 5th rank Silver Pheasant on key fret background
- LC Subject
- textiles (visual works)
- Description
- Civil Rank Badge w/ 5th rank Silver Pheasant on key fret background and surrounded by Buddhist emblems; worked over gauze; front; 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
- 1933.001.002
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk; Gauze
- Technique
- Tent Stitch; Woven in fine tapestry weave
- 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, greens, black and red silks in a tent stitch with gold metallic threads worked over gauze. This Mandarin Square features a 5th rank Silver Pheasant recognized by 5 elaborate tail feathers. The bird is perched on top of waves, surrounded by Buddhist emblems, with a key fret pattern in the background. The addition of Buddhist symbols and other Chinese luck symbols were initially frowned upon by the Manchus who sought to impose their ways after invading and taking over China. After centuries of being in power, the Manchu government relaxed these rules. _
