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Title	Altar Frontal
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	early 18th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Textiles, Textile-Woven Fabric | silk, satin, cotton

Size:

L.81-3/4 x W.64-3/4 in.

Creation Place:

Asia, China

Culture:

Asia, China

Style:

Ch'ing dynasty, K'ang Hsi period

Inscriptions:

Inscription Traces of an inscription on yellow cotton band of upper border.

Physical Description:

Shaped hanging - Altar Frontal? in dark blue satin brocade. Two enormous rampant five-clawed dragons in rose and tan in a field sparsely scattered with loose clouds in the same color. Lower edge shaped in a scrolled edge, the two sides dipping into long ends from the middle portion, which is shaped like a scpetre-head. Upper border of monotone gold-colored satin brocade with two five-clawed dragons flanking a long-life character. Loose clouds scattered in surrounding area. Linings of blue and yellow cotton. Traces of an inscription on yellow cotton band of upper border.

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The John R. Van Derlip Fund

Accession Number:

42.8.148

Artist:

Role:

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

Altar Frontal

Artist Unknown (China)

early 18th century