Details
Comprising a lion badge, a tiger badge, a panther badge, each for a military official, and a xiezhi badge for a government censor.
Largest: 12 x 1258 in. (30.5 x 32 cm.)
Literature
Lion badge:
B. Jackson and D. Hugus, Ladder to the Clouds, Berkeley, California, 1999, p. 188.
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 32, fig. 3.6.

Tiger badge:
B. Jackson and D. Hugus, Ladder to the Clouds, Berkeley, California, 1999, p. 194.
D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 34, fig. 3.15.

Panther badge: D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 36, fig. 3.21.

Xiezhi badge: D. Hugus, Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 27, fig. 2.38.
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