A pair of fifth civil rank badges worked mainly in couched gilt threads with embroidered detail, with the Silver Pheasant among clouds and emblems, over a sea-wave--12 x 11in. (30 x 27cm), Chinese, late 19th century

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A pair of fifth civil rank badges worked mainly in couched gilt threads with embroidered detail, with the Silver Pheasant among clouds and emblems, over a sea-wave--12 x 11in. (30 x 27cm), Chinese, late 19th century
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