Panel
- Museum number:
- 9-21652
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090021652
- Alternate number:
- MVC-0614 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4734
- Description:
- Fabric Panel; brown silk w/ gold, green, red & white, 5-toed dragon, clouds, flaming pearl of peace, hovering over mountains and waves. Folded edges couched w/ gold thread but not stitched.
- Donor:
- Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
- Collection place:
- China
- Verbatim coll. place:
- China; Ca, 1875-1900?
- Culture or time period:
- Chinese
- Collector:
- Rachel Gould Mossman
- Materials:
- Silk
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Dragons and Embroidery (visual works)
- Function:
- 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2006
- Context of use:
- From royal prince’s robe; brown worn by 1st and 2nd ranked princes.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- at top— length 40 centimeters, at bottom— width 41.5 centimeters, and at top— width 4.15 centimeters
- Comment:
- Conservation: Some holes and worn areas
- Images: