Festive silk hanging

Details

• Title

  Festive silk hanging

• Associated people

  Ms Liu (active 19th or early 20th century) (recipient)

  Jiang Shuming (active 19th or early 20th century) (recipient)

  Guo Ziyi, Prince of Fenyang (AD 697-781) (subject)

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Guangdong province (Chaozhou) (place of creation)

• Date

  19th - early 20th century
  Qing Dynasty (1645 - 1911)

• Material and technique

  silk, embroidered with silk, metal threads, mirrors, glass beads, and plant fibres; cotton backing

• Material index

  organic › animal › animal product › silk;

  processed material › metal;

  processed material › glass;

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton

• Technique index

  woven;

  dyed;

  needleworked › embroidered;

  needleworked › beadwork

• Object type

  textile;

  furniture/furnishings › furnishing › hanging

• Dimensions

  82 x 415 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Miss M. Linton, 1962.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1962.40

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