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Rank Badge with Leopard, Wave and Sun Motifs

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black square textile with gold border. Gold border has a Greek key design. Inside border, a leopard with spots and white underbelly faces right. Leopard has long tail curved up and to the right and white whiskers. The background of the textile is black. There are stylized waves at the bottom. The waves are shades of green, blue and white. There are trees with pink and white flowers on the right side. There are plants with pink and white flowers on the left side. There are stylized clouds and red and white bats throughout. There are stylized white, gray and red clouds in the sky. The sun is a red circle with a white dot in the center.

Artwork Details

Date
late 18th century
Medium
Silk, metallic thread
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 577 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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