Rank Badge with Crane for Civil Official (Second - Third Rank)

Artist: Unknown

19th century

Asian Art

Medium

One of a pair of badges (hyong-bae) decorated with cranes, insignia of junior civilian ranks. Figured silk damask, worked in couched gold-wrapped thread and Peking knot (crest of cranes)

Dimensions

7 7/8 × 7 in. (20 × 17.8 cm)

Credit Line

Estate of Schuyler V.R. Cammann, B.A. 1935

Accession Number

1992.77.66.2

Geography
Culture
Period

Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Schuyler Van Rensselaer Cammann (1912–1991), Portland, Ore.; given by the estate to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1992
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Additional information

Object/Work type

badges

Subject

cranes (birds)

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