SOLD Stunning 19th C Chinese Rank Badge Embroidery on SIlk, Framed as Found medicinal There is a figural medallion

There is a figural medallion commemorating the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909 held in the collection of the Smithsonian that is very similar in manner

with one large wheel in the middle of the vehicle

I set it on edge to photograph it

all painted yellow

SOLD Stunning 19th C Chinese Rank Badge Embroidery on SIlk, Framed as Found medicinal There is a figural medallionI found this at Brimfield with a good bit of dust over the glass, but a few swipes with some Windex and this bird sings! The silk embroidery is a fine 19th century Chinese rank badge a fragment I presume, but I have not removed it from the frame. Rank badges (also called rank insignia or Mandarin squares) were used in China during the Ming (13681644) and Qing (16441911) dynasties to demonstrate the wearer's rank. There were several different birds