Physical description
Child's robe of red silk satin, embroidered with coloured silks and gold thread. Eight celestial dragons, four-clawed, chasing flaming pearls through the clouds, amid which bats (fu, homonyms for happiness) are flitting. Below is Meru, the sacred mountain of the Buddhists, rising from the waves. Lined with pale blue silk damask (floral pattern). A piece of red satin has been glued to one corner, where the jacket was defective and this is decorated with applied pieces of silk embroidery.
Place of Origin
China (made)
Date
19th century (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Satin silk with embroidery in coloured silks and gold thread
Dimensions
Height: 25 in, Length: 44.5 in sleeve-end to sleeve-end
Object history note
Registered File number 1923/844.
Descriptive line
Child's robe, satin silk with embroidery in coloured silks and gold thread, China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Materials
Silk (textile); Silk thread; Gold thread
Techniques
Satin weave; Embroidering
Subjects depicted
Mountains; Waves (water); Dragons
Categories
Textiles; Children's clothes
Collection
East Asia Collection