Object Number | C475 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Period | Qing Dynasty |
Date Made | Qing Dynasty |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk |
Technique | Brocaded |
Iconography | Dragon | Bat | Shou |
Description | Brocade. Rows of alternating five-claw dragon roundels and auspicious piled clouds against a ground of mustard yellow. Slight water damage. Central field surrounded by a brown satin damask border decorated with auspicious bat and shou motifs. Thread colors include: magenta, dark blue, white, green, pink. Silk and metallic (silver color) thread – metallic thread wrapped around a core of violet silk (both Z-twist) (five end?) brocaded satin weave. Border is satin damask. |
Length | 90.5 cm |
Width | 79.4 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. G. Moore, 1926 |
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