Textile square

Museum number:
9-15080
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3695 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
MANDARIN SQUARE, K'O-SSU TECHNIQUE. Silk, metallic. K'o-ssu, plain weave. Navy ground, 2 blues, white, orange, and metallic gold. Mandarin square - 2nd rank (?) in k'o-ssu tech. Flying gold bird looking toward orange sun disk against background of clouds in 2 blues and white on navy ground. ⅝ inch border of gold swasticas on navy ground. Lined w. light blue, plain weave silk. Worn. 11⅞ inches by 11⅞ inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 12 inches and length 12 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile square, accession number 9-15080, described as MANDARIN SQUARE, K'O-SSU TECHNIQUE. Silk, metallic. K'o-ssu, plain weave. Navy ground, 2 blues, white, orange, and metallic gold. Mandarin square - 2nd rank (?) in k'o-ssu tech. Flying gold bird looking toward orange sun disk against background of clouds in 2 blues and white on navy ground. ⅝ inch border of gold swasticas on navy ground. Lined w. light blue, plain weave silk. Worn. 11⅞ inches by 11⅞ inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile square, accession number 9-15080, described as MANDARIN SQUARE, K'O-SSU TECHNIQUE. Silk, metallic. K'o-ssu, plain weave. Navy ground, 2 blues, white, orange, and metallic gold. Mandarin square - 2nd rank (?) in k'o-ssu tech. Flying gold bird looking toward orange sun disk against background of clouds in 2 blues and white on navy ground. ⅝ inch border of gold swasticas on navy ground. Lined w. light blue, plain weave silk. Worn. 11⅞ inches by 11⅞ inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile square, accession number 9-15080, described as MANDARIN SQUARE, K'O-SSU TECHNIQUE. Silk, metallic. K'o-ssu, plain weave. Navy ground, 2 blues, white, orange, and metallic gold. Mandarin square - 2nd rank (?) in k'o-ssu tech. Flying gold bird looking toward orange sun disk against background of clouds in 2 blues and white on navy ground. ⅝ inch border of gold swasticas on navy ground. Lined w. light blue, plain weave silk. Worn. 11⅞ inches by 11⅞ inches.

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