Textile

Museum number:
9-16603
Permalink:
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Description:
Textile. Hand woven rust colored silk with ground of gold wrapped thread which is the character for Long LIfe (the Shou). At the top is depicted the Queen of the Western World, Hsi Wang Mu, riding on a phoenix. Below her is the God of Longevity and below them are the eight Taoist Immortals. 106cm x 62cm.
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Phoenixes
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1982-1983 #49: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Barbara E. Busch (June 17, 1983–June 20, 1983)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-16603, described as Textile. Hand woven rust colored silk with ground of gold wrapped thread which is the character for Long LIfe (the Shou). At the top is depicted the Queen of the Western World, Hsi Wang Mu, riding on a phoenix. Below her is the God of Longevity and below them are the eight Taoist Immortals. 106cm x 62cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-16603, described as Textile. Hand woven rust colored silk with ground of gold wrapped thread which is the character for Long LIfe (the Shou). At the top is depicted the Queen of the Western World, Hsi Wang Mu, riding on a phoenix. Below her is the God of Longevity and below them are the eight Taoist Immortals. 106cm x 62cm.

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