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Rank Badge with Qilin

Unknown Artist

late 17th century

Rank Badge with Qilin by Unknown Artist

Medium

Silk and metallic thread embroidery on plain-weave silk patterned in gauze

Dimensions

15 x 15 1/4 in. (38.10 x 38.73 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Embroidered

Culture & Period

China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Fletcher Fund, 1936

Accession Number

36.65.6

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

Mythical Creatures

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