Rank badge from the front of a robe or surcoat (the square is divided) showing a <i>qilin</i>, the badge of a military official of the 1st rank. The blue silk gauze ground is embroidered with coloured silks in tent stitches and couched gold thread.
The <i>qilin</i> is almost entirely in couched gold thread. The animal is set on a rock above waves and water. The remainder of the ground is embroidered with an all-over swastika fret pattern in blue, and coloured clouds. The square has a key-fret border entirely in couched gold thread.