Native Name | Buzi (補子) |
Object Number | 52-23-77A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Period | Qing Dynasty |
Date Made | Early 20th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk |
Technique | Embroidered |
Iconography | Leopard | Five Bats | Eight Buddhist Symbols | Three Halberds | Music Stone |
Description | Third rank military officer's leopard squares. ( The animal soaring through the clouds recalls the flying birds on contemporary late Qing civil squares). Leopard couched in gold, with couched outlines of twisted blue silk; sun in stem satin stitch; clouds and symbols in plain satin stitch. Border of alternating gold bats and oblong shou characters in silver, couched between thin lines of gold. Same general pattern as 52-23-39 except that the latter, being a woman's square, has all the symbols in reverse. They were not necessarily embroidered by the same artisan, but probably made in the same workship; certainley from the same pattern (reversed). This badge appears to be from the Reform Period of 1898 within the Guangxu Period (1875-1908 CE), or in that style. |
Height | 32.5 cm |
Width | 33.7 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952 |
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