Caption

A button for a semi-official cap of an official between the seventh and ninth rank, Chinese art, Chinese culture, Qing 1644–1911, officials, emblems. A button composed of a glass opaque pink glass ball mounted on a pin with a dome decorated with rosettes; the ball is engraved with the character shou. 19th century, China; jewelry, clothing; height 6.0 cm, diameter 2.8 cm., A pink spherical object sits atop an ornate gold-colored stand; the sphere is smooth and glossy with a faint circular indentation visible, and the stand features intricate clustered floral-like gold detailing with a textured base and a small round gold pedestal, all reflected softly on the glossy white surface beneath. The visible colors are pink, gold, white, and a hint of brown on the pedestal.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_125

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.3Mb (514.6Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4501 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

A button semi-official cap official seventh ninth rank Chinese art Chinese culture Qing 1644–1911 officials emblems button composed glass opaque pink glass ball mounted pin dome decorated rosettes ball engraved character shou 19th century China jewelry clothing height 6.0 cm diameter 2.8 cm pink spherical object sits atop ornate gold-colored stand sphere smooth glossy faint circular indentation visible stand features intricate clustered floral- gold detailing textured base small round gold pedestal reflected softly glossy white surface beneath visible colors gold white hint brown pedestal.