Mandarins of China
Mandarins were important public officials & bureaucrats, playing a vital role in the country's imperial history. The notoriously difficult imperial exams were an important facet of social mobility, granting those who passed a privileged status. curated by PAGODE project partners
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Deksel bekroond met Chinese mandarijn. Vormt samen met een zilveren vaas op voetstuk een tafelstuk met chinese taferelen.
NMOK-359; China; Self and Other
Sittande mandarin vid sitt skrivbord. Figurin av blanc-de-Chine. Te hua. 1600-tal.; Skulptur, porslin, dehua-vara. Kina. 1600-tal.; OM-1978-0056; …
Part of the documentary ensemble: Rtmgus1
Lettering: Chinese merchant mandarin China of the late empire. Bears Thomson's negative number: "649"; China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
From an album entitled ‘A Chinese Mandarin, Life from the Cradle to the Grave’, brought from Shanghai by Capt. Geo. F. Thomas, of the China Tea Clipper ‘Omba’, which docked at Dover in 1866. Leaf from album of paintings for sale to foreigners, painted wit…
Onderdeel van Album met 50 foto's van een reis door Zuidoost-Azië.
Kleine cilindrische vaas (rolwagen) van porselein met een spreidende hals, beschilderd in onderglazuur blauw en op het glazuur rood, groen, geel, aubergine en zwart. Op de wand een hoogwaardigheidsbekleder en zijn bediende in een landschap met planten, ee…
0366.0074; 98. Pekin, Mandarin et Bonze Chinois, Chinese mandarin et priest. Carte Postale.
Övermandarinen i kinesiska stadsdelen.; 0036.0010; Uiguriska autonoma regionen Xinjiang; …
The Chinese have used dragon robes for over a thousand years. Initially only the emperor and his closest family were allowed to use the dragon on their clothes. Later, mandarins could wear coats with mang, a four-clawed dragon, while the five-clawed drag…
OM-1965-0037; China
Lettering: Mandarin China
Rag doll sheet in the form of an uncut cotton sheet on which are coloured designs for dolls to be cut out and padded. The designs are for a Chinese mandarin and mandarin's wife, opium smoker, and a Chinese woman's bound foot. Alongside the coloure…
Mandarin? cap of red silk CC (written): idem. Origin China
Mandarin hat with a scarlet hat-button for a mandarin of the first rank. Hats of this type were worn especially in winter.Throughout the centuries in China, the literate have been the main bearers of the culture. They were among the approximately 10% of …
This photo is probably a studio shot and shows a queen with tea and water pipe.