Mandarin Square

52-23-91A

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Buzi (補子)
Object Number 52-23-91A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Qing Dynasty
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Silk
Technique Embroidered
Iconography Bear | Bats | Eight Buddhist Symbols | Jewels | Peonies | Peaches | Fungus | Bamboo | Narcissus
Description

Fifth rank military officer's bear square. Peking knot, on blue-black satin, with couched outlines in thin white cord. The scanty maneand tail are couched like in No. 64. Border of alternating bats and oblong shou characters. Compare identical patterns on 52-23-20, -45 and -80.

Height 29.9 cm
Width 30.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952

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