| Native Name | Buzi (補子) |
| Object Number | 52-23-38B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Period | Qing Dynasty |
| Date Made | 1900 - 1911 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Silk | Gold Thread | Silver Thread |
| Technique | Embroidered | Satin Stitch | Couched | Buttonhole Stitch |
| Iconography | Silver Pheasant | Lucky Jewels | Pearls | Rhinoceros Horn | Fungus | Li Shui | Bats | Shou | Sun |
| Description | Square rank badge for fifth rank civil official for front of robe. Silver pheasant flies above waves in direction of silver sun disk. The bottom edge has the 立水 li shui ('standing water') design denoting deep water. Lucky jewels including pearls, rhinoceros horn, fungus float in the waves above li shui motif in silver. Sky is filled with blue clouds. Alternating blue bats and silver shou characters at border. Satin stitch and couched metalic thread with buttonhole stitch against black silk. Seam down center. Light blue silk backing with stains. |
| Height | 29 cm |
| Width | 30 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952 |
| Other Number | 5-C-6 - Other Number |
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