id:			152498
accession number:	1985.32
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2025-02-09 04:20:21.387000

Rank Badge (buzi), c. 1500–1550. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Silk; slit tapestry weave (kesi); overall: 32 x 36.1 cm (12 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1985.32

title:				Rank Badge (buzi)
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creation date:			c. 1500–1550
creation date earliest:		1495
creation date latest:		1555
current location:		
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	silk; slit tapestry weave (kesi)
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 32 x 36.1 cm (12 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1985
	opening date:   1986-02-12T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1985</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Lisbet Holmes Textiles, London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1985
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cammann, Schuyler. “The Development of the Mandarin Square.” <em>Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies</em> 8, no. 2 (1944).
	page number: 	p. 71–130
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	Cammann, Schuyler. “Embroidery Techniques in Old China.” <em>Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America</em> 16 (1962).
	page number: 	p. 16–40
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	Cammann, Schuyler. “Costume in China, 1644 to 1912.” <em>Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin</em> 75, no. 326 (1979):
	page number: 	p. 3–19
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	Cammann, Schuyler V.R." Other Mandarin Squares: Korean, Annamese and Unfamiliar Examples."<em> Arts of Asia</em>. [Kowloon, Hong Kong]: [Arts of Asia Publications], (March-April 1992).
	page number: 	p. 115-126
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	香港市政局與香港東方陶瓷學會合辦 ; 遼寧省博物館協辦 ; 香港藝術館籌劃 = Heavens' embroidered cloths : one thousand years of Chinese textiles / jointly presented by the Urban Council, Hong Kong and the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong ; in association with the Liaoning Provincial Museum ; organized by the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong. Urban Council, Hong Kong. Urban Council, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, 遼寧省博物館, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, and Liaoning Sheng bo wu guan. 錦繡羅衣巧天工. Hong Kong: Urban Council, 1995.
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	Wrigglesworth, Linda. "Making the Grade", the Badge of Rank III: Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) Dynasties : December 4th to 24th 1996, London. London: Linda Wrigglesworth, 1996.
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	Jackson, Beverley, and David Hugus. <em>Ladder to the Clouds: Intrigue and Tradition in Chinese Rank</em>. Berkeley, Calif: Ten Speed Press, 1999.
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	Hall, Chris. <em>Power Dressing: Textiles for Rulers and Priests from the Chris Hall Collection</em>. Singapore: Asian Civilisations Museum, 2006.
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	Watt, James C. Y. “The Giraffe As the Mythical Qilin in Chinese Art: A Painting and a Rank Badge in the Metropolitan Museum.” <em>Metropolitan Museum Journal</em> 43 (2008).
	page number: 	p. 111–15
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