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Roundel from a woman's domestic robe (pao)
Chinese (Manchu)
Qing dynasty
1870–80
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk slit tapestry (kesi)
Dimensions
Height x width: 11 3/4 x 12 in. (29.9 x 30.5 cm)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number02.345
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionRoundel from Manchu woman's domestic robe (pao) with design of gourds, flowers, butterflies, bats, and swastikas in green, blue, yellow, pink, red and white silk and gold-wrapped thread on a dark blue ground; on the two gourds in the center are the Chinese characters for "Very good". Pieced.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, June 26, 1902