Chinese 1st Rank Military or Censor Badge âe" Chi-lin NR

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Chinese 1st Rank Military or Censor Badge âe" Chi-lin NR

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Sold Date: 03/16/2008
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

Chinese Silk 1 st Rank Military or Censor Badge - Chi-lin

Offered for auction is this stunning Chinese rank badge embroidered on a dark background. I am uncertain as to whether this is a 1 st Rank Military Badge or a Censor Badge. Examples of both badges, I have found through research, depict the Chi-lin (a mythological beast). This badge is 12 inches wide and 11-1/2 inches in height. I am uncertain of the dating but believe that this badge was acquired between 1910 and 1940. I found it carefully wrapped in a truck that was in storage. The Chi-lin is done in the Peking knot stitch (often called the forbidden stitch) with satin stitching for the mouth and claws. The majority of the badge is satin stitched and the colors are vibrant. The border is a metallic thread that is held in place by very small stitches. The badge is in good condition and slightly frayed around the edges. The silk backing has some foxing and is uneven in color. Please see the photographs and enlarge them to assess the quality of this piece for yourself.

Provenance

My grandfather, Julean H. Arnold, from 1902 and until his retirement in 1940 devoted himself to China and U.S. relations.

Father, Harrison Arnold, was born in China on October 30, 1909 and after graduating college returned t working for Ford Motor Company's export division.

My father's brother, Julean Arnold - yes the same name as grandfather without the middle name - was born in China in 1915 and devoted more than 20 years to the U.S. State department and served in Brazil , Paris , and Saigon .

Mom and Dad traveled to China in 1950 and after their return to Hawaii , I was born in April of 1951.

Grandfather: Julean H. Arnold - Biographical Notes

1876, July 19

Born, Sacramento , California

1902

B.S., University of California-Berkeley , College of Commerce

In the early 1900s the University's new College of Commerce (now the Hass School of Business) trained students for export trade with the Orient and funneled graduates into industries and businesses throughout the state. During the same period a foreign service training program was developed in response to State Department concerns about the poor quality of consular personnel.

Julean Arnold was the first student interpreter appointed by the U.S. government to the U.S. delegation in Peking in 1902.

1904-1914

U.S. Consular Service in China :
1904 U.S. Vice Consul in Dalny (Dalian)
1906 U.S. Vice Consul in Foochow (Fuzhou)
1908-1912 U.S. Consul in Amoy (Xiamen)
1912-1914 U.S. Consul in Chefoo (Yantai)
1914 U.S. Consul General in Hankow (Wuhan)
U.S. Consular Service in Taiwan :
1906-1908 U.S. Consul in Tamsui (Tan-shui)

1914-1917

U.S. Commercial Attaché in China and Japan

1917-1940

U.S. Commercial Attaché in China

1915

Founder, American Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai

1915

Delegate, Pan-Pacific Commercial Conference, Honolulu

1916

Founder , China Club of Seattle

1918, 1922, 1926-1927

Chairman, American Delegation to China Tariff Revision Commission, Shanghai

1926

Author , China , A Commercial and Industrial Handbook

1928

Author, Some Bigger Issues in China 's Problems

1932

Author , China Through the American Window

ARNOLD, Julean (Herbert) (1876-1946) Consul, born July 19, 1876 in Sacramento , California . Arnold graduated from the University of California . He was the first student interpreter appointed by the U.S. government to the U.S. delegation in Peking in 1902. He was consul general at Hankow in 1914, and commercial attaché in China from 1914 until his retirement in 1940. He was the American delegate to the China Tariff Review Commission in Shanghai in 1918, 1922, and 1926-1927. He organized the first party to ascend Mount Morrison in Formosa in 1907. He was a fiel...