Pair of Insignia Roundels
Date1850 - 1875
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: silk, satin, floss; gold thread
DimensionsOverall (mount measurements - 66cm width, 38.5cm height): 26.5 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineGift of Helen Jahnke, Courtesy of the Council for Canadian American Relations
Object number2010.021.023 a,b
DescriptionA pair of circular navy blue silk insignias that have been embroidered with coloured silk floss and couched gold-wrapped threads. The roundels depict a central dragon with white silk floss surrounded with stylized clouds (ruyi) and bats. Above the dragons heads is the symbol for the sun on the one and the symbol for the moon on the other.Colour: beige, blue, green, orange, black, gold
Status
Not on view
1860 - 1890
1860 - 1880
1875 - 1900
1800 - 1825
1860 - 1880
1840 - 1860
1840 - 1860
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