Mandarin Square

52-23-92B

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Buzi (補子)
Object Number 52-23-92B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Qing Dynasty
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Silk
Technique Embroidered
Iconography Bear | Flowers | Bats | Jewels | Dragon
Description

Fifth rank military officer's bear square. Peking knot on blue-black satin. Symbols: eight blue bats, over-conventionalized flowers and leaves, with jewel symbols in waves. Border of paired kuilong (dragons) with circular shou character between each pair, bats in corner.

Height 31 cm
Width 30.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952

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