| Native Name | Buzi (補子) |
| Object Number | 52-23-38A |
| 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 | Chou | Sun |
| Description | Square rank badge for fifth rank civil official for back 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, and fungus float in waves of silver thread. The sky is filled with blue clouds, and alternating blue bats and silver shou 壽 "long life" characters form the border. Satin stitch and couched metallic thread with buttonhole stitch against black silk. Light blue silk backing with stains. |
| Height | 29 cm |
| Width | 30 cm |
| Thickness | 0.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952 |
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