Mandarin Square

52-23-26

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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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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