Period:Qing dynasty (1644–1911) Date:18th century Culture:China Medium:Silk thread embroidery on silk satin Dimensions:Overall: 30 1/2 x 50 3/4 in. (77.5 x 128.9 cm) Classification:Costumes-Embroidered Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1930 Accession Number:30.76.36 This jacket features delicate embroidered lotuses on green satin. Known as a lotus-picker jacket (cailianyi), this type of garment would have been worn by a lady while she picked lotuses. On the lining of this example, several ink stamps indicate it was used at the Jingshan, a man-made hill north of the Forbidden City where actors from south China who performed in the imperial theater lived.
Period:Qing dynasty (1644–1911) Date:18th century Culture:China Medium:Silk thread embroidery on silk satin Dimensions:Overall: 30 1/2 x 50 3/4 in. (77.5 x 128.9 cm) Classification:Costumes-Embroidered Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1930 Accession Number:30.76.36 This jacket features delicate embroidered lotuses on green satin. Known as a lotus-picker jacket (cailianyi), this type of garment would have been worn by a lady while she picked lotuses. On the lining of this example, several ink stamps indicate it was used at the Jingshan, a man-made hill north of the Forbidden City where actors from south China who performed in the imperial theater lived.