FIVE CHINESE EMBROIDERED RANK BADGES, BUZI.

FIVE CHINESE EMBROIDERED RANK BADGES, BUZI.

Late Qing Dynasty.

Each depicting an animal standing on a rock above waves and among clouds and auspicious symbols, including a qilin for a military official of the first rank, a peacock for a civil official of the third rank, a lion for a second rank military official, a quail for the eighth civil rank official, and a paradise flycatcher for a ninth rank civil official, together with a purse made from a pair of rank badges worked with silver pheasants for fifth-rank civil official, 37cm long. (6)

清晚期 補子五件及補子荷包一件