Native Name | Buzi (補子) |
Object Number | 88-22-2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Period | Qing Dynasty |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk |
Iconography | Lion | Sun | Bat | Eight Buddhist Symbols |
Description | Second rank military officer's wife's lion square. Black silk embroidered with blue and purple silk and gold thread. Lion surrounded by cloud motif. Purple: analine dye? The bottom edge has the 立水 li shui ('standing water') design denoting deep water. |
Height | 29.4 cm |
Width | 31.2 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Cornelia Fraley, 1988 |
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