Silver Pheasant Badge
Original Language Title刺綉白鷴補子
CultureChinese
Datemid-19th century
MediumSilk and metallic thread embroidery
DimensionsOverall: 10 7/8 × 10 1/2 inches (27.62 × 26.67 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number41-15/15
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Exhibition HistoryChinese Textiles, Mills College, 1941.
The Art of the Forbidden City, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, November 30, 1954 – February 28, 1955.
From Ming to Ch'ing, The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH, February 11-October 12, 1975.
Emperors, Scholars and Temples: Tastemakers of China’s Ming and Qing Dynasties, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, August 12, 2016 – January, 2017.
FIFTH CIVIL RANK: Silver pheasants share the merits associated with the pheasant family, including literary talent.
Julia St. Clair Krenz;
Purchased from Julia St. Clair Krenz by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1941.
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