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Ancestral Portrait

Artist Anonymous (Chinese)
CultureChinese
Date1800-1899
PeriodQing Dynasty
Dimensionsframe: 62 3/8 x 31 1/2 in. (158.4 x 80 cm)
Classification(s)
  • EASTERN
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Rachel Biddle Raymond in memory of her son, Ridgway Miller Cravens, Class of 1914, in 1941
Terms
  • portrait
  • costume
  • jewelry
  • robe
  • female figure
Object numberPC.63
DescriptionThe square emblem on the woman's chest is a rank badge, indicative of her husband's status. The egrets symbolize that he was a sixth-rate civil official.
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Ancestral portrait of a lady
Anonymous (Chinese)
probably 18th century
Mandarin Square Rank Badges (joined)
Chinese
possibly second half of the 19th century
Crow
Ch'eng Wu-kang
no date