Physical description
Roundel of blue silk gauze, embroidered with silk and gold thread; couching and tent stitches. Below a shou (longevity) character is a four-clawed, front-facing dragon ascending from sea waves, amid cloud scrolls and on a diaper ground of swastikas.
Place of Origin
China (made)
Date
19th century (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Silk gauze with embroidery in silk and gold thread
Dimensions
Diameter: 11.5 in
Object history note
Registered File number 1934/3321.
Descriptive line
Roundel, silk gauze with embroidery in silk and gold thread, China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Labels and date
DRAGON ROUNDEL.
li mang-dragon (4-clawed), ascending, ("vertical dragon").
CHINESE: (late Ch'ing dynasty); late 19th century.
Embroidered in silk and gold thread on gauze. []
Materials
Silk (textile); Silk thread; Gold thread
Techniques
Gauze weave; Embroidered
Subjects depicted
Swastikas; Cloud scrolls; Dragons; Wave pattern
Categories
Textiles; Embroidery
Collection
East Asia Collection