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#24436 Antique Embroidered Work of A Civil Servant's Court Badge with a Bird (SOLD)

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Antique Embroidered Work of A Civil Servant's Court Badge with a Bird. A court badge shows the status of a court official's ranking in court. Birds are used for civil officers, while tigers and cat family alike are used for martial officers. The civil officers have nine ranks with the crane being the first rank. This one in the badge here looks to be the forth rank (wild goose) among the nine. Late 19th century.

Dimensions: 11 1/4" x 9 1/4"

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