A Chinese embroidered silk circular civil rank badge, probably depicting a silver pheasant qing dynasty, 19th century Framed, matted and glazed. Sight D: 11 3/8 in., 29cm PROVENANCE: Dr. Robert Baker Ewan (1862-1926) and his wife Sarah Jane Lewthwaite (1861-1941), missionaries in Chengdu, circa 1900-1914. (Dr Ewan played a key role in establishing the Medical School at West China Union University.) Thence by descent to the great-grandchildren, the present owners.