Mandarin Square

52-23-3

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Buzi (補子)
Object Number 52-23-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Ming Dynasty
Date Made 16th Century?
Section Asian
Materials Gauze | Silk | Gold Thread
Technique Embroidered | Satin Stitch | Couched
Iconography Tuan Yang Festival | Phoenixes | Tigers | Artemisia Leaves | Five Poisons | Flying Centipede | Toad | Snake | Scorpion | Lizard
Description

Trapezoidal princess's Tuan Yang Festival badge. Two sides of badge mirror each other, each with phoenix, tiger, the Five Poisons which include flying centipede, toad, snake, scorpion and lizard, and artemisia leaves, flowers, plants, waves and rock. Green colored gauze ground used for thin summer robes.

Height 33 cm
Width 31.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952

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