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Date unknown · Silk and metallic-thread embroidery on silk satin damask · Asian Art

The pieces assembled in this panel are parts of a dragon robe or coat made for the Lantern Festival, which takes place on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month-the first full moon of the year. The panel, which has a wide border of silk woven in the eighteenth century, includes the back and one sleeve of a dragon robe with a pattern of a composite lantern framed on three sides by dragons.

Artist

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Date

Date unknown

Medium

Silk and metallic-thread embroidery on silk satin damask

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Mrs. Vincent Astor, Jeanie Cayne, Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Joseph E. Hotung, Dr. and Mrs. John C. Weber and Anonymous Gifts, 1986