Mandarin Square
Native Name | Buzi (補子) |
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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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