Subject: 知縣 zhīxiàn mandarin as local magistrate
Culture: Sino-Manchurian
Setting: late Qing empire, China 19thc
Object: costume
Leeds City Museum > Voices of Asia *
"Official's hat China, 1890s Black silk hat with red tassel fringe worn by mandarins or government officials during the Qing dynasty.
Different ranks wore different spherical ornaments, here the ornament is a plain crystal."
Manchester Museum > Lee Gallery of Chinese Culture *
"Cuff Qing dynasty (1644-1911) This embroidered cuff would have been worn by a Chinese official.
At the time of emperor Kangxi's birthday celebrations, people covered their hands in 'polite society'."
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