Object class: Dragons / Accession number: Acc.4734 / Function: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Dragons Accession number Acc.4734 Function 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes

Hearst Museum object titled Coat, accession number 9-21614, described as Man’s coat; length: 133.0 cm shoulder to hem; width: 224.0 cm around hem; Imperial Era; predominately blue woven silk, with swastika patterns woven into the fabric. Manchu-style sleeves; slit weaving (Kossu), painted bats and symbols; center lapel and both sides of front and back embroidered with 5-toed dragons in gold thread and a pair of fish in the center, surrounded by clouds, sleeves are brown and gold striped w. embroidered cuffs; gold buttons; wide water pattern at bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Jacket, accession number 9-21607, described as Woman’s jacket: L=108.0 neck to hem; W=140.5 cm sleeve edge to sleeve edge; Imperial Era, blue gauze ground, with dragon medallion pattern woven into fabric; Han-style sleeves finished with wide bands of white, black and silver, embroidered with birds and flowering branches and flying insects. Side slits, neck opening and bottom borders edged with black and white bands of embroidered silk and lace; gold buttons Lined in navy silk.