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1902

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2025

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Rank Badge (China)

This is a Rank badge. It is dated before 1644 and we acquired it in 1902. Its medium is silk, gilded paper-wrapped silk thread and its technique is plain weave with discontinuous wefts (tapestry or k'ossu). It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by John Pierpont Morgan. It is credited Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft (B): 33 x 31.1 cm (13 in. x 12 1/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Rank Badge (China); silk, gilded paper-wrapped silk thread; Warp x Weft (B): 33 x 31.1 cm (13 in. x 12 1/4 in.); Gift of John Pierpont Morgan; 1902-1-434-a,b

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