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Civil-Official Hyungbae (Rank Badge)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark blue rectangular fabric with gold border, two white cranes with black tailfeathers and beaks and white bodies with textured patterning; surrounded by colorful embroidered motifs resembling clouds or waves; cranes facing each other; one crane above the other; on a white wall. Civil-Official Hyungbae Rank Badge.

Artwork details

Date:: late 19th century
Medium:: Silk embroidery on silk damask
Culture:: Korea
Dimensions:: 554 × 624 px
Museum record:: View original

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