SOLD Stunning 19th C Chinese Rank Badge Embroidery on SIlk, Framed as Found ducks in a row You know I'm a sucker

You know I'm a sucker for a little hand-carved shoe

I have a weakness for early school slates

this piece was purchased at an estate sale that included an excellent collection of 20th century ceramics from Japan

I've always got an eye peeled for beautiful antique sets of spillikins

SOLD Stunning 19th C Chinese Rank Badge Embroidery on SIlk, Framed as Found ducks in a row You know I'm a suckerI found this at Brimfield with a good bit of dust over the glass, but a few swipes with some Windex and this bird sings! The silk embroidery is a fine 19th century Chinese rank badge a fragment I presume, but I have not removed it from the frame. Rank badges (also called rank insignia or Mandarin squares) were used in China during the Ming (13681644) and Qing (16441911) dynasties to demonstrate the wearer's rank. There were several different birds