清 綠緞彩繡採蓮衣|Theatrical jacket for a court lady

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18th century · Silk thread embroidery on silk satin · Asian Art

This jacket features delicate embroidered lotuses on green satin. Known as a lotus-picker jacket (cailianyi), this type of garment would have been worn by a lady while she picked lotuses. On the lining of this example, several ink stamps indicate it was used at the Jingshan, a man-made hill north of the Forbidden City where actors from south China who performed in the imperial theater lived.

Artist

Unknown

Date

18th century

Medium

Silk thread embroidery on silk satin

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1930