Lot Essay
For another rank badge see Young Yang Chung, The Art of Oriental Embroidery (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1983), pl. C-2.
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CHOSON PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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An Embroidered-Silk Rank Badge (Hyungbae)
Choson Period (19th century)
For a military official of the first to third ranks, square, embroidered with two spotted white leopards, colored clouds and rainbow-arc waves centering a svastika
7.3/8 x 6½in. (18.7 x 16.5cm.)
Choson Period (19th century)
For a military official of the first to third ranks, square, embroidered with two spotted white leopards, colored clouds and rainbow-arc waves centering a svastika
7.3/8 x 6½in. (18.7 x 16.5cm.)