Mandarin Square

52-23-87B

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Buzi (補子)
Object Number 52-23-87B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Qing Dynasty
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Silk
Technique Embroidered
Iconography Bear
Description

Pair of fifth rank military officer's bear squares. Satin stitch on blue-black satin; waves in split satin stich; a few Peking knots in the flowers. As a variation on a bear, the animal is whitish instead of blue, but has the usual shape. The standard Greek fret border may date this to the mid-1800s or later, placing it towards the end of the Daoguang Period (1821 - 1850 CE).

Height 29.5 cm
Width 30.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952

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