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Woman's domestic semi-formal coat (ao)
Chinese (Han)
Qing dynasty
1880–90
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk satin embroidered with floss silk and couched gold-wrapped threads
Dimensions
117 x 134.7 cm (46 1/16 x 53 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession Number02.65
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionHan woman's semi-formal coat (ao) with wide sleeves in orange-red silk satin and design of roundels with good luck symbols, including: peony, butterfly, magic sabre, vase and endless knot symbols, swastika, parasol and Buddhist wheel embroidered with soft greens, blues, yellow, pink, red, gray and white silk and couched with gold thread; trimmed in black satin embroidered with floral design in blue and white silk and couched with gold thread and blue, white and yellow gimp; yellow satin cuffs are embroidered with figures and landscape in silk and couched with gold thread; side opening with round brass buttons and silk loop closures; lined with blue plain-weave silk.
Provenance1902, Yamanaka and Co., Boston; sold by Yamanaka to the MFA for $2650 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: April 17, 1902)
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession nos. 02.48 - 02.68 were purchased together for this amount.
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession nos. 02.48 - 02.68 were purchased together for this amount.