The Metropolitan Museum of Art Chinese Dragon Rank Badge Lacquer Tray

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Chinese Dragon Rank Badge Lacquer Tray

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Art-inspired gifts for the home. This eye-catching lacquer tray nods to a Chinese rank badge made in the 18th-19th century during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Spectacularly embroidered rank badges were worn by government officials of the Ming and Qing dynasties; badges with birds indicated a civil official while animals such as the tiger were reserved for military officers, and each creature corresponded to a specific rank. In this example, a ferocious dragon with deer hooves hovers amid swirli

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