Mandarin square

Museum number:
9-15381
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1768 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
K'ossu Mandarin Square indicating 5th rank military (bear). Warp: silk, beige. Weft: silk, heavier weight used at bottom and to outline. Silver wrapped threads, varicolored. Buddhist symbols include fish, lotus, fan. Status object/insignia of office. Panel for front of garment (indicated by slit dividing panel into two sections.). 28½ inches by 26 inches.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 12 inches and width 12 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mandarin square, accession number 9-15381, described as K'ossu Mandarin Square indicating 5th rank military (bear). Warp: silk, beige. Weft: silk, heavier weight used at bottom and to outline. Silver wrapped threads, varicolored. Buddhist symbols include fish, lotus, fan. Status object/insignia of office. Panel for front of garment (indicated by slit dividing panel into two sections.). 28½ inches by 26 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mandarin square, accession number 9-15381, described as K'ossu Mandarin Square indicating 5th rank military (bear). Warp: silk, beige. Weft: silk, heavier weight used at bottom and to outline. Silver wrapped threads, varicolored. Buddhist symbols include fish, lotus, fan. Status object/insignia of office. Panel for front of garment (indicated by slit dividing panel into two sections.). 28½ inches by 26 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mandarin square, accession number 9-15381, described as K'ossu Mandarin Square indicating 5th rank military (bear). Warp: silk, beige. Weft: silk, heavier weight used at bottom and to outline. Silver wrapped threads, varicolored. Buddhist symbols include fish, lotus, fan. Status object/insignia of office. Panel for front of garment (indicated by slit dividing panel into two sections.). 28½ inches by 26 inches.

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