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Description: | Purple satin, embroidered with coloured silks. Stitches: satin and couched gold thread. Pattern: eight symbolic patterns of Taoist religion, including sword, fan, bamboo, lotus, vase and gourd; bats for happiness and double peach for fertility also appear, as well as the "chou" (longevity) on the centre. For the application to the back of a coat.
Technique: embroidering
Material: silk
Material: satin
Chinese embroidery with central "chou" longevity symbol surrounded by blue clouds and Buddhist symbols. | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.22728 | Go to resource |
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