Native Name | Buzi (補子) |
Object Number | 52-23-3 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Period | Ming Dynasty |
Date Made | 16th Century? |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Gauze | Silk | Gold Thread |
Technique | Embroidered | Satin Stitch | Couched |
Iconography | Tuan Yang Festival | Phoenixes | Tigers | Artemisia Leaves | Five Poisons | Flying Centipede | Toad | Snake | Scorpion | Lizard |
Description | Trapezoidal princess's Tuan Yang Festival badge. Two sides of badge mirror each other, each with phoenix, tiger, the Five Poisons which include flying centipede, toad, snake, scorpion and lizard, and artemisia leaves, flowers, plants, waves and rock. Green colored gauze ground used for thin summer robes. |
Height | 33 cm |
Width | 31.6 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952 |
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