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Rank Badges of Paradise Flycatchers

Made By Chinese
CultureChinese
Date18th century
PeriodQing Dynasty
Dimensionsframe: 13 1/2 x 26 in. (34.3 x 66 cm)
frame1: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Classification(s)
  • EASTERN
Credit LineGift of the Berkshire Museum
Terms
  • birds
  • bodies of water
  • military
  • badges
  • floral design
  • symbols
  • fashion
  • abstraction
  • nature
  • Confucianism
  • occupation
  • politics
Object numberM.2007.16
DescriptionThe paradise flycatcher symbolizes a ninth-rank civil official.
On View
Not on view
Exhibitions
Teaching events
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