Chinese Rank Badges focuses on their chronology and iconography and accompanies it with beautiful color illustrations. The author begins with the earliest dynastic period—the reign of the Hongwu emperor during the Ming—and brings us to the end of the imperial period, and beyond, to the present day, with the occasional production of ersatz badges. His analyses of the style and iconography of the badges provide the reader with the tools to recognize the circumstances of individual badge design and to develop a basis for connoisseurship.
In addition to the survey of rank insignia from the Ming through the Qing dynasties are accompanying appendices that provide the general reader with a historical and cultural context for rank badge creation.

David Hugus, PhD

Hardcover with full coloured images, 278 pages
24.8 X 31 cm
2021
500 copies
English
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ISBN: 978-962-79564-5-7