明晚期 刺繡菊花團龍補|Festival badge with five-clawed dragon surrounded by chrysanthemums
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early 17th century · Embroidered silk gauze · Asian Art
In this festival badge, worn by an official during court ceremonies, a dragon rises from a stylized primordial mountain landscape amid supernatural clouds. The inclusion of the fall-blooming chrysanthemum suggests that the badge was to be used for one of the autumn festivals.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- early 17th century
- Medium
- Embroidered silk gauze
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Anonymous Gift, 1946
