Skirt

Item number 406/8 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Red silk skirt with pleats and embroidery. Across the top is a wide cotton waistband with two loops. On the edges of the skirt are thick black borders with phoenix, lotus and peony motifs in white, dark and light blue. On the edges of the pleats are thin black borders with a gold floral trim. Between the pleats are panels with phoenix, dragon, bat, rectangular gold ornament and wave motifs in red, orange, yellow, blue, green and white on red ground. On the main front panel are dragon, swastika, bat, pair of rectangular and circular gold ornaments, scroll and musical stone motifs and the eight Buddhist symbols of good fortune. The inside is lined with pink silk.