A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED SILK MILITARY RANK BADGES

CHOSON PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED SILK MILITARY RANK BADGES
choson period (19th century)
Each square badge embroidered with a spotted tiger seated above waves and pulloch'o fungus against a background of clouds, sewn in silk of blue, green, orange, white, black and gold-wrapped thread, all on a ground of blue figured silk, mounted on silk and framed and glazed
9 1/8 x 8½in. (23 x 21.3cm.) each