Manchu
Man's Rank Badge
1880
Intricate silk and gold threadwork displays the highest level of Chinese textile craftsmanship, with the complex kossu technique creating precise pictorial details that denoted official court rank.
- Medium
- Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave (kossu); painted; lined with silk, 3:1 twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain interlacing
- Dimensions
- Spotted At
- Museum · Art Institute of Chicago
Spotted works by Manchu
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