Native Name | Buzi (補子) |
Object Number | 52-23-74 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Period | Qing Dynasty |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk |
Technique | Embroidered |
Iconography | Leopard | Eight Buddhist Symbols | Bat | Peonies | Fungus | Bamboo | Peaches | Narcissus |
Description | Third rank military officer's leopard square. Original border missing. Animal, rocks, clouds, and sea, in satin stitch on blue-black satin. Peking knot used for symbols, outlining in couched twisted white cord, with split satin stitch for waves. |
Height | 28 cm |
Width | 28 cm |
Thickness | 0.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952 |
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