Collar Piece
ca. 1873 (made)
| Place of origin |
Piece of grey-blue shot silk, embroidered with circular design of dragons and clouds over waves. Red, pink, blue, white and yellow silk in surface darning stitch, metal-wrapped thread couched on surface.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woven silk, embroidered with silk and metallic threads |
| Brief description | Collar for a Chinese imperial/official robe, silk embroidered with silks and metal-wrapped thread, Shache (Yarkand), China, ca. 1873 |
| Physical description | Piece of grey-blue shot silk, embroidered with circular design of dragons and clouds over waves. Red, pink, blue, white and yellow silk in surface darning stitch, metal-wrapped thread couched on surface. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Regsiter entry: ''2140. Piece of blue silk, embroidered; Yarkund'. Listed under 'Ethnological Collection from Yarkund [Shache] made by Sir Douglas Forsyth in 1873-4' |
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| Accession number | 2140(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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