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  Mandarin square (rank badge)

 

China

Etching of an civilian official in the Qing Dynasty, whose rank is represented in the Mandarin square, i.e. the large square rank badge for officials in Imperial China, sewn on the front of their coats and indicating their rank (fig.).

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