Native Name | Buzi (補子) |
Object Number | 52-23-91B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Period | Qing Dynasty |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk |
Technique | Embroidered |
Iconography | Bear | Bats | Eight Buddhist Symbols | Jewels | Peonies | Peaches | Fungus | Bamboo | Narcissus |
Description | Fifth rank military officer's bear square. Peking knot, on blue-black satin, with couched outlines in thin white cord. The scanty maneand tail are couched like in No. 64. Border of alternating bats and oblong shou characters. Compare identical patterns on 52-23-20, -45 and -80. |
Height | 30.3 cm |
Width | 30 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952 |
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