Title
19th-century Qing court robe
Year/Period
19th century
Region
China
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object Size: 145.0 x 191.0 cm
Accession No.
2015-00637
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of the family of the late Mr. And Mrs. Sua Jin Juan蔡人养 贾月菊夫妇暨家人同敬奉
The 19th-century, blue silk gauze robe is embroidered in silk and couched gilded thread with nine five-clawed mang dragons surrounded by bats, clouds, and Buddhist emblems. The diagonal stripes representing water support a narrow band of wave lishui carrying the Eight Treasures, placed between the rocks. The colour and the design were for imperial princes of the first and second rank, or officials of lower rank.
