18th century
China
Object qualities
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Objectclothes: Jacket, theatrical, for court lady
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumSilk thread embroidery on silk satin
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SizeOverall: 30 1/2 x 50 3/4 in. (77.5 x 128.9 cm)
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Geography details
China -
Country today
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Date18th century
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CultureChina
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PeriodQing dynasty (1644-1911)
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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This jacket features delicate embroidered lotuses on green satin. Known as a lotus-picker jacket (cailianyi), this type of garment would have been worn by a lady while she picked lotuses. On the lining of this example, several ink stamps indicate it was used at the Jingshan, a man-made hill north of the Forbidden City where actors from south China who performed in the imperial theater lived.