Hanging

Museum number:
9-21631
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021631
Alternate number:
MVC-0593 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Wall hanging; Imperial Era; L=188.6cm, W=119.5cm, Border =4.0 cm: horizontal textile made of four joined panels of silk brocade. Deep blue ground. Two upper panels contain one large, forward facing dragon at center surrounded by clouds, flaming pearls, bats, floral forms and other Buddhist symbols, in gold, red, light & dark green, pink , white, tan and light & dark blue. Two lower panels each contain a dragon in profile surrounded by clouds, fire and vegetal motifs floating above elaborate wave/water and floral patterning. The entire panel is bordered with a borcade gold-on-blue bands edged with golden/yellow silk edging.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Silk, and Weft [reassign]
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Wall hanging
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 119.5 centimeters, length 188.6 centimeters, and border— width 4 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: border is quite worn overalland torn in places
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-21631, described as Wall hanging; Imperial Era; L=188.6cm, W=119.5cm, Border =4.0 cm: horizontal textile made of four joined panels of silk brocade. Deep blue ground. Two upper panels contain one large, forward facing dragon at center surrounded by clouds, flaming pearls, bats, floral forms and other Buddhist symbols, in gold, red, light & dark green, pink , white, tan and light & dark blue. Two lower panels each contain a dragon in profile surrounded by clouds, fire and vegetal motifs floating above elaborate wave/water and floral patterning. The entire panel is bordered with a borcade gold-on-blue bands edged with golden/yellow silk edging.

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