Two polychrome embroidered silk mandarin squares, China, 19th century- One on a brown background decorated with a silver pheasant standing on one leg on a rock amidst foaming waves on a background of clouds, Buddhist objects, bats, lingzhi and flowers; it indicates the rank of fifth rank civil mandarin. - The other one on a blue background decorated with a white crane standing on one leg on a rock in the middle of foaming waves on a background of clouds, Buddhist objects, bats, lingzhi and flowers; it indicates the rank of first rank civil mandarin. 24 x 25 cmFramed under glass .