Native Name | Buzi (補子) |
Object Number | 52-23-69A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Period | Qing Dynasty |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk |
Technique | Embroidered |
Iconography | Mang Dragon | Bat | EIght Buddhist Symbols |
Description | Duke's mang dragon square. Four-clawed dragon couched in gold and silver, with finely rendered scales, against a background of details in counted stitch, on gauze. Border of Greek fret couched in gold. One of a pair. |
Height | 27.2 cm |
Width | 28.2 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952 |
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