A pair of gauze-ground rank badges of the fifth civil rank


Late Qing dynastyEach worked in counted stitch using gilt-wrapped and polychrome threads with a separately embroidered sun and silver pheasant applied onto the background of cloud scrolls and auspicious emblems above a rock and waves bordered by interlaced strap work; each now matted, framed and glazed.10 7/8 x 10 7/8in (27.5 x 27.5cm) each badge [sight]19 7/8 x 19 7/8in (50.5 x 50.5cm) each frame
|Please note that these badges have not been examined outside of their frames.