http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109324/manchu-woman-s-semiformal-court-robe-chi-fu-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Manchu Woman's Semiformal Court Robe (chi-fu): Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109324/manchu-woman-s-semiformal-court-robe-chi-fu-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109324/manchu-woman-s-semiformal-court-robe-chi-fu-gallery-label-current Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Manchu Woman's Semiformal Court Robe (chi-fu): Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2004-10-25</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>The color and decoration of early eighteenth-century court robes were strictly regulated. The robes are distinguished by large dragons and the prominent mountain and spiral wave patterns of their hems. The mountains, clouds, waves, and dragons comprised a celestial landscape symbolic of universal order and the imperial court, which carried out the heavenly mandate on earth. Imperial dragon imagery was also standard in the designs of cuffs and collar bands of most court robes. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109324/manchu-woman-s-semiformal-court-robe-chi-fu-gallery-label-current The color and decoration of early eighteenth-century court robes were strictly regulated. The robes are distinguished by large dragons and the prominent mountain and spiral wave patterns of their hems. The mountains, clouds, waves, and dragons comprised a celestial landscape symbolic of universal order and the imperial court, which carried out the heavenly mandate on earth. Imperial dragon imagery was also standard in the designs of cuffs and collar bands of most court robes." type="image/jpeg" />The color and decoration of early eighteenth-century court robes were strictly regulated. The robes are distinguished by large dragons and the prominent mountain and spiral wave patterns of their hems. The mountains, clouds, waves, and dragons comprised a celestial landscape symbolic of universal order and the imperial court, which carried out the heavenly mandate on earth. Imperial dragon imagery was also standard in the designs of cuffs and collar bands of most court robes." type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts