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| Title | Dragon Robe |
| Artist | Artist Unknown (China) |
| Date | 1851-1861 |
| Institution | Minneapolis Institute of Arts |
| Location | Not on view. |
| Medium: | Textiles, Costume | silk |
| Size: | L.54 3/4 x W.50-3/4 in. (from base of band) |
| Creation Place: | Asia, China |
| Culture: | Asia, China |
| Style: | 19th century, Ch'ing dynasty |
| Physical Description: | Imperial 12-symbol robe of orange gauze embroidered in petit point and satin stitch. Nine 5-clawed dragons in couched gold thread. In a field of sprawling white eyed clouds,the traditional 12 symbols, good luck characters, and bats carrying swastikas and the double peach. Border of slanting stripes topped by a solid band of tight clouds and billows in which appear Buddhist symbols and Precious Things. Black gauze band embroidered in petit point with motifs of the body. Wide cuffs of the same and sleeves of paler orange gauze striped horizontally in blue. Robe slit at sides and lined with medium blue damask of peony design. |
| Credit: | Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The John R. Van Derlip Fund |
| Accession Number: | 44.9.1 |
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| Added to Site: | February 28, 2009 |
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