Medium:

Silk

Dimensions:

H x W (.1): 32.6 × 35.8 cm (12 13/16 × 14 1/8 in)

H x W (.2): 34 × 35.6 cm (13 3/8 × 14 in)

Type:

Costume and Textile

Origin:

China

Date:

first half of the sixteenth century

Period:

Ming dynasty

Description:

Two rank badges woven in the kesi technique depicting a bear sitting on a rock amidst two tree peonies, with scrolling clouds in the sky and ground and roiling waves in the foreground.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

Topic:

peony  Search this

bear  Search this

Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)  Search this

water  Search this

cloud  Search this

China  Search this

rock  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Shirley Z. Johnson collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Shirley Z. Johnson

Accession Number:

F2017.8.1-2

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e583e56e-fe49-4480-ba12-a94558015873

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F2017.8.1-2