Native Name | Buzi (補子) |
Object Number | 52-23-57A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Period | Qing Dynasty |
Date Made | 18th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk |
Technique | Embroidered |
Iconography | Duck | Pine | Cypress | Fungus |
Description | Duck square for wife of official. In satin stitch on light background of same; back and legs of bird couched filling, water in stem satin stitch; berries on the Nandina plant at side in Peking knot. Unsplit probably for use on a mourning robe. Border of Greek fret of couched twisted green threads between threads of couched gold. |
Height | 28.5 cm |
Width | 29.7 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952 |
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