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Panel

1750-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
China (made)

Panel of yellow and gold silk brocade. Square. The design consists of two five clawed dragons and the good-luck symbol within an ogival frame. At the four corners are sprigs of peony; the border is of a conventionalised cloud pattern.


Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Panel
Materials and techniques
Brocaded silk
Silk (Textile)
Brocading
Brief description
Panel, brocaded silk, China, Qing dynasty, 1750-1800
Physical description
Panel of yellow and gold silk brocade. Square. The design consists of two five clawed dragons and the good-luck symbol within an ogival frame. At the four corners are sprigs of peony; the border is of a conventionalised cloud pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 52.5in
  • Width: 54.5in
Style
Qing
Credit line
Given by Spink and Son Ltd.
Object history
According to the museum archive record, in November 1925 the dealers Spink & Son offered the museum for purchase a ‘Dynasty Book Cover’. After consideration the museum declined and returned the textile. Spink & Son then offered it as a gift, A.L.B Ashton (later Director of the V&A) noting that the piece was ‘taken from the Summer Palace. We have nothing like this and I strongly recommend acceptance’. There is nothing on the file from Spink & Son stating this provenance so presumably there was a verbal exchange. The Summer Palace, or Yuanming Yuan, was the imperial summer retreat located north of Beijing, which was plundered and destroyed by British and French troops during the Second Opium War in 1860.

Subjects depicted
Clouds
Dragons
Emblems (Symbols)
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
T.208-1925

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O486819/panel-unknown/
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