Summer Silk Gauze Robe with Dragons and Clouds
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: gauze ?; silk ?
DimensionsOverall: 196 x 142 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineGift of Miss N. K. Wyles
Object number1962.037.001
DescriptionThe robe is made of a thin blue gauze or silk woven with a pattern of dragons among clouds; symbols of the 8 Taoist Immortals(sword, fan, flower-basker, lotus, flute, gourd, castanet & musical tube); the success rebus forming descriptive phrase: "three spears(halberds) rising from a vase," meaning "May I rise 3 degrees in official rank without opposition.; stylized lotus(symbol of joy & mid-autumn). The base of the robe & the sleeve-ends are decorated with the stylized wave-pattern & earth-mountain designStatus
Not on view
1900 - 1920
1800 - 1825
