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In this festival badge, worn by an official during court ceremonies, a dragon rises from a stylized primordial mountain landscape amid supernatural clouds. The inclusion of the fall-blooming chrysanthemum suggests that the badge was to be used for one of the autumn festivals.
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明晚期 刺繡菊花團龍補
Title: Festival badge with five-clawed dragon surrounded by chrysanthemums
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Date: early 17th century
Culture: China
Medium: Embroidered silk gauze
Dimensions: Diam. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Embroidered
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 1946
Accession Number: 46.133.23
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