Kesi Rank Badge, China, 19th/20th century, woven to depict a peacock signifying the third civil rank, surrounded by Daoist emblems and ruyi-head clouds, 11 1/2 x 12 in.

Provenance: Purchased by Ben L. Baker and Alice Smith Baker of Long Branch, New Jersey, while they established a mission school in the early 1900s in Swatow, China.

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