Antique Chinese civil rank badge, 19thC, Qing Dynasty, Ching Dynasty, fine couching of gold metal threads on black silk, the bird is a left facing Paradise Flycatcher, emblem of the 9th civil rank, a man's back piece, some missing couched threads, the border has been removed from all sides, for a very similar example, see "Threads of Gold, Chinese Textiles Ming to Ching" by Haig and Shelton, p.87, and dated ca. 1860, (see my last photo in the listing), the approximate size is 9 in x 9 in, #3636
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