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Rank Badge with Goose

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rank Badge with Goose by Unknown Artist. Black square textile with a thick decorative border on all sides featuring motifs of leaves and flowers. The border surrounds a central rectangular panel containing an embroidered image in white thread. The central image depicts two geese, one flying and one floating on water. The geese have detailed feathers, bodies facing right, beaks pointing down. The flying goose has wings spread out. The water features wave patterns underneath the floating goose. The background includes a sun or moon on the left and a round design on the right. The bottom portion features a row of scalloped clouds and two divided sections. The left section has diagonal stripes, the right section is plain.

Artwork details

Date:
late 19th century
Medium:
Silk, metallic thread on silk
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 587 px
Museum record:
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