Rank Badge (buzi)

1850–99 Overall: 29.5 x 32 cm (11 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.) Source image
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Rank badges (also called rank insignia or Mandarin squares) were used in China during the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties to demonstrate the wearer’s rank. In 1391 new clothing regulations directed court officials to wear decorative squares indicating their ran...

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