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Mandarin Square

Native NameBuzi (補子)
Object Number:88-22-2
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Chinese
Provenience: China
Period: Qing Dynasty
Date Made: 19th Century
Early Date: 1800
Late Date: 1899
Section:Asian
Materials:Silk
Iconography:Lion
Sun
Bat
Eight Buddhist Symbols
Height: 29.4 cm
Width: 31.2 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Cornelia Fraley, 1988

Description

Second rank military officer's wife's lion square. Black silk embroidered with blue and purple silk and gold thread. Lion surrounded by cloud motif. Purple: analine dye? The bottom edge has the 立水 li shui ('standing water') design denoting deep water.

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