Native Name | Buzi (補子) |
Object Number | 52-23-26 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Period | Qing Dynasty |
Date Made | Late 18th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk | Satin | Gold Thread |
Technique | Embroidered | Satin Stitch | Stem Stitch | Split Stitch | Peking Knot | Couched |
Iconography | Wild Goose | Sun | Cypress | Pine | Fungus | Bamboo |
Description | Square fourth rank civil official's wife's badge. A Wild goose looks back towards the sun as it stands on a rock beside a stream. Pine, cypress, fungus and bamboo in landscape. Border of couched silk braid and gold threads. Mostly done in satin stitch on blue-black satin but also stem stitch, split stitch and Peking knot used. |
Height | 26 cm |
Width | 27.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952 |
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