Native Name | Buzi (補子) |
Object Number | 52-23-92B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Period | Qing Dynasty |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk |
Technique | Embroidered |
Iconography | Bear | Flowers | Bats | Jewels | Dragon |
Description | Fifth rank military officer's bear square. Peking knot on blue-black satin. Symbols: eight blue bats, over-conventionalized flowers and leaves, with jewel symbols in waves. Border of paired kuilong (dragons) with circular shou character between each pair, bats in corner. |
Height | 31 cm |
Width | 30.2 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952 |
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