Mandarin Square
52-23-103B
From: China (uncertain) | Annam (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 52-23-103B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China (uncertain) | Annam (uncertain) |
| Date Made | 1744-1911 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Silk |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Iconography | Bird |
| Description | Not actual Chinese official square; either wedding square (for bridal robe) or Annamese from Indo-China. Annamese squares were made on red satin background; Chinese official squares almost never. Chinese squares had naturalistic or heraldic birds; Annamese squares had rather fanciful ones. |
| Height | 33.2 cm |
| Width | 33.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952 |
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