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18th century-19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of silk satin brocaded with coloured silks and gold thread. On a bright green satin ground is a strip of brocaded pattern consisting of alternating roundels composed of a dragon and floral devices and palmettes composed of the sceptre-head (ruyi) symbol. The dragons are mainly in gold (gilt-paper wound round a silk core); the other brocading colours are scarlet pink, mauve, yellow, blue and black. The inscription is brocaded in green silk and runs across the piece above the bands of plain weaving.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk satin brocaded with coloured silks and gold thread
Brief description
Fragment, silk satin brocaded with coloured silks and gold thread, Suzhou, China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century.
Physical description
Fragment of silk satin brocaded with coloured silks and gold thread. On a bright green satin ground is a strip of brocaded pattern consisting of alternating roundels composed of a dragon and floral devices and palmettes composed of the sceptre-head (ruyi) symbol. The dragons are mainly in gold (gilt-paper wound round a silk core); the other brocading colours are scarlet pink, mauve, yellow, blue and black. The inscription is brocaded in green silk and runs across the piece above the bands of plain weaving.
Dimensions
  • Length: 10in
  • Width: 21in
  • Length: 25.5cm
  • Width: 53.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(The inscription, translated by Messrs S. M. Franck and Co. Ltd., is brocaded in green silk.)
Translation
Woven at the silk mills at Soochow by order of the minister Cheng Sui
Credit line
Given by Messrs S. M. Franck and Co. Ltd.
Object history
Registered File number 1934/274.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.25-1935

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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