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INTERNATIONAL TREASURES
China - Flags from Empire to Republic
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Qianlong Emperor (1735 -1796) wearing the robes of state. The Chinese Emperor was the living symbol of sovereignty in China, precluding the need for a traditional national flag. (NB: this painting is not in the Zaricor Flag Collection) Image Source: Wikipedia
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The dragon robe worn by the Chinese emperor became the basis for the national flag bearing the Chinese Dragon in the 1860s. Image Source http://www.ucd.ie/iccs/NLAutumn03/iccsnl.htm (NB: this robe is not in the Zaricor Flag Collection)
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ZFC1493Â Chinese Flagstaff Finial, Han Dynasty, 206 BC - 220 AD. The oldest artifact in the Zaricor Flag Collection. This cast bronze flagstaff finial dates from the Han Dynasty (206 BC220 AD). A part of the Han military expansion was the tactical use of flags. On top of the flag pole often was placed an ornament of some significance called a finial, this finial is likely from a Han military color. Read more
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ZFC3629Â Imperial China National flag. This version of the national flag was created in 1863 based on the dragons used on imperial robes. This rectangular silk table top flag dates from 1906 to 1910. Read more
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ZFC3179Â Chinese Imperial Army Designating Flag. This flag was taken in the Forbidden City by the 14th US Infantry in the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion, 1900. Read more
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ZFC3633Â Chinese Republic Flag. The quinta-color flag representing the five ethnicities of China promoted by Dr. Sun Yat Sen became the national flag in 1912 and was used until 1928,
this silk table flag dates from 1915. Read more
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ZFC2244Â Republic of China Flag. This flag, introduced by the Kuomintang Party in 1914 became the singular national flag of China in 1928, this example dates from 1930 to 1940s. Read more
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ZFC3067Â China, Shanxi, Japanese occupied - Military Propaganda Flag welcoming Japanese troop commander. This flag is an army 'welcome flag' of occupied China. Japan set up a puppet government in China during Sino-Japanese war. This flag was made in 1938 so that the Chinese people might reluctantly welcome a Japanese army airfield defense commander. Read more
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ZFC3361 Republic of China National Flag, Patriotic Anti-Communist Youth Movement, Captured by Japanese Troops, 1938. Group #1 of the Federation of Chinese Anti-Communist Patriotic Youth Leagues used this flag. The Chinese inscription along the hoist (roughly translated as, “We the Opposing Forces, Federation of Patriotic Youth League, The 1st Group.†Read more
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ZFC1438 Republic of China - Embassy Flag, Washington DC, 1928 - 1979. This Republic of China national flag is marked on the top and bottom of the obverse and reverse to read ‘Chinese Embassy, Washington D.C. This would date this flag to somewhere in the 49 year period from 1928 to 1979, when the U.S. maintained full diplomatic relations with China. Read more
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ZFC1316Â Republic of China National Flag, Taiwan. After the 1949 declaration of the Peoples Republic of China on the mainland, only Taiwan continued to utilize the flag of the republic, this cotton variant is from the 1960s. Read more
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