Unknown Artist
- Title
- Insignia badge for the wife of a 5th rank military official with bear
- Place of origin
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China
- Period
- Yongzheng 1723 - 1735 → Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Year
- 1723-1735
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- embroidery
- Dimensions
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37.0 x 38.0cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Judith Rutherford 2001
- Accession number
- 27.2001
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This is an insignia badge for the wife of a 5th rank military official. The insignia depicted is a bear that is couched in gold wrapped thread. The rock, representing the earth would have been originally couched with peacock feathers but this has not survived. The border of the badge was probably applied in Tibet.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, 17 April 2001
- Bibliography (3)
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Beverley Jackson (United States of America) (Author), David Hughes (United States of America) (Author), Ladder to the clouds, intrigue and tradition in Chinese rank, Berkeley, 1999, 234, 235 (colour illus.). plate no. 15.017
Judith Rutherford (Australia) (Editor), Jackie Menzies (Australia) (Editor), Celestial silks: Chinese religious & court textiles, Sydney, 2004, 87, 89 (colour illus.). cat.no. 55
'Evolution of Yongzheng Rank Badges' by David K. Hugus and David S. Yee, pg. 66-79., Arts of Asia Jan 2011-Feb 2011, Jan 2011-Feb 2011, 70 (colour illus.). image no. 10
