Two nearly identical rank badges – bear

Object Details

• Description

  Two rank badges woven in the kesi technique depicting a bear sitting on a rock amidst two tree peonies, with scrolling clouds in the sky and ground and roiling waves in the foreground.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Shirley Z. Johnson

• Type

  Costume and Textile

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1500s, 1550s

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Water, Shirley Z. Johnson collection, Art, Peony, Animals, Chinese Art, Cloud, Rocks, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Bears

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Costume, Textiles