Peacock Standard of the Konbaung Dynasty

Peacock Standard of the Konbaung Dynasty

Description

  • The Konbaung dynasty (1752–1885) was the last Burmese royal house, briefly the dominant land power of mainland Southeast Asia after sacking Ayutthaya (1767)
  • Construction: a white swallowtail banner charged with a red disc bearing the royal peacock (မယူရ) — the Burmese dynastic emblem signifying solar kingship
  • The peacock survived as a Burmese nationalist symbol after the British conquest and appeared on 20th-century independence flags

Trivia

  • Expanded to the borders of today's Bangladesh, Assam, Manipur, and Thailand at its peak
  • Three Anglo-Burmese Wars (1824, 1852, 1885) steadily reduced the kingdom until Britain deposed the last king, Thibaw, and annexed Upper Burma
  • The dancing peacock remained the unofficial national symbol through colonial rule and into today's Myanmar
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  "index": "c/myanmar:1752",
  "title": "Peacock Standard of the Konbaung Dynasty",
  "ratio": "2:3",
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    {
      "color": "white",
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      "note": "Field of the royal banner."
    },
    {
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      "hex": "#c8102e",
      "note": "Solar disc."
    },
    {
      "color": "blue",
      "hex": "#1d508d",
      "note": "Peacock's body."
    },
    {
      "color": "green",
      "hex": "#4e9a2e",
      "note": "Plumage."
    }
  ],
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  "trivia": "- Expanded to the borders of today's Bangladesh, Assam, Manipur, and Thailand at its peak\n - Three Anglo-Burmese Wars (1824, 1852, 1885) steadily reduced the kingdom until Britain deposed the last king, Thibaw, and annexed Upper Burma\n - The dancing peacock remained the unofficial national symbol through colonial rule and into today's Myanmar",
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