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Court insignia badge for first degree civil official (buzi)
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1650–1700
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave ground embroidered with silk, peacock-feather and gold-metallic threads
Dimensions
Measured 9/4/2003 as 13 1/4" H x 12 3/4" W
33.7 x 29.8 cm (13 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
33.7 x 29.8 cm (13 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.24.14
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionCourt insignia badge (buzi) embroidered with two cranes symbollic of first rank civil official. Cranes are placed within a roundel, typical of early Kangxi period. Blue silk twill embroidered in satin stitch of white, green, yellow, black and brick silk, against a ground of couched gold. Waves, clouds, sun and symbols in satin stitch of white, blue green, black and brick color. Rock embroidered in couched iridescent thread made of peacock feathers. Border of couched gold- and peacock-feather threads.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on February 7, 1924