Mandarin Square

Native Name:

P'u-Fang
P'u-Tze

Object Number:

52-23-4

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Chinese

Provenience:

China

Period:

Ming Dynasty

Date Made:

17th century

Early Date:

1600

Late Date:

1699

Section:

Asian

Materials:

Silk
Gold Thread

Technique:

Embroidered
Satin Stitch
Couched

Iconography:

Tuan Yang Festival
Tigers
Five Poisons
Flying Centipede
Toad
Snake
Scorpion
Lizard

Description:

Trapezoidal courtier's Tuan Yang Festival badge. Two halves of badge mirror each other each with tiger, the Five Poisons including flying centipede, toad, snake, scorpion and lizard as well as rocks, water, artemisia leaves, and other auspicious plants. Background in gold colored silk. Satin stitch used. Seam down center. Strip of silk for border and backing.

Credit Line:

Purchased from J. S. Letcher

Bibliography:

[Article] Cammann, Schuyler. 1953. Chinese Mandarin Squares: Brief Catalogue of the Lechter Collection. The University Museum Bulletin. 17 (3): pp. 2-73. : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 4, p. 61

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