This 1848-1927 “Banner Album of the Great Qing Dynasty’s Emissary Ministers” is a colored silk album with 36×26.5cm (each piece)
bell print: “Qing Kuan Painting”
This set of banner atlas is also an important witness to the history of the late Qing Dynasty
China had no concept of the “national flag” of the modern West. According to the records in the Naval Historical Materials of the Late Qing Dynasty, the Qing government later noticed that the flags of the western powers had different symbols, including the national flag, the military flag and the commercial flag; The national flag category is also divided into military and commercial categories
The Qing court believed that the flag could show the imperial style, so it was necessary to improve. First of all, the shape of the flag was changed from a triangle to a rectangle. The reason is that “the Yellow Dragon Flag was set up for the handover with other countries, and the flag must be large in size so that it can be seen.
Here is a preview of this album.
《大清国出使王大臣旗帜图册》封面
和硕亲王出使旗式
武职三品大臣出使旗式
文职一品大臣出使旗式
武职二品大臣出使旗式
多罗贝勒出使旗式
固山贝子出使旗式
文职二品大臣出使旗式
文职三品大臣出使旗式
和硕亲王出使旗式
公爵出使旗式
武职一品大臣出使旗式
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