Two pairs of embroidered civil rank badges


Late Qing/Republic periodThe first pair portraying the fourth rank left-facing wild goose applied to a background filled with embroidered ruyi heads, Buddhist emblems, sun, rocks, waves, and lishui border, all worked in colorful silk flosses and metallic threads; the second pair embroidered with the egret of the sixth rank facing to the right towards the sun, surrounded by large cloud scrolls and foaming waves worked in brightly colored threads.11 3/8 x 11 3/4 and 8 1/4 x 8 3/4in (28.9 x 29.8 and 21 x 22.3cm)