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Embroidered Panel2846/5

Long thin rectangular hanging of rust coloured silk, with embroidery and couching on lower portion. The embroidery is a scene with a boy on a dragon and a girl on a phoenix, as well as flowers, plants, waves, and buildings. Colours used are white, gold, green, blue, light green, light blue, yellow and purple, with gold thread couching in some areas. On the rear bottom left corner is a printed inscription in Chinese characters, and a piece of tape(?) with printed Chinese characters.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and gold metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Embroidered Panel2846/9

Vertically rectangular black embroidered and couched panel showing a bird (phoenix) standing on one leg with the other raised, wings partly spread. Foliage surrounds the bird. Couched with gold wrapped thread. Colours used are gold, red, green, blue, purple on black silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, fibre and gold metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Embroidered Panel2846/6

Orange vertically rectangular silk panel with embroidery image, adhered to paper. The paper covers the entire back of the panel, and the front edges. Embroidered on the panel is a male figure, holding a spear in his left hand. He wears an elaborate headdress. Oval embroidered shapes surround him on top and both sides. Couching in gold wrapped thread; embroidery in green, blue, gold, pink, light blue, yellow and light brown.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, paper, gold metal, fibre and adhesive
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Embroidered Panel2846/7

Orange vertically rectangular silk panel with embroidery image, adhered to paper. The paper covers the entire back of the panel, and the front edges. Embroidered on the panel is a blue-skinned male figure. His hands are clasped at neck level in front of him and he has a gold bracelet on each wrist. A flowing pink and green scarf surrounds his shoulders and continues down his right side. He wears an elaborate headdress. Blue oval embroidered shapes surround him on top and both sides. Couching in gold wrapped thread; embroidery in blue, yellow, light blue, white, purple and green.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, paper, gold metal, fibre and adhesive
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Embroidered Applique2846/11

Embroidered appliques adhered to horizontally rectangular paper. The large centre applique is a phoenix balanced on one leg with wings spread, standing among tree branches, foliage, and chrysanthemum flowers. Some of the foliage has metallic thread incorporated. There are five smaller appliques with foliage motifs in the corners. Colours are green, red, dark brown, light brown, blue, medium brown and light blue.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, silk fibre, copper metal and adhesive
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Embroidered Applique2846/10

Embroidered appliques adhered to horizontally rectangular paper. The large centre applique is a crane standing on one leg, wings tucked close to body, amid foliage, branches and flowers. Some of the branches are partially sewn with gold metallic thread. Two smaller appliques sit to the bottom left and right of the larger one, on the left is a grass and rock motif and on the right is a branch and leaves design.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, silk fibre, gold metal and adhesive
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rank Badge2846/3 a-b

Civil rank badge. The silk badge vertically divides into two halves, with the embroidered image continuing across both pieces. Embroidery contains both silver and gold couching. The central figure is a standing bird, embroidered onto a separate piece of fabric that has been sewn onto the panel. The bird stands on one foot, with wings partly spread. The embroidered background, from bottom to top, has a two-tone regular pattern in gold, blue rectangles, an irregular pattern in gold, and small blue rectangles in a regular pattern interspersed with a variety of motifs. A border edges the panel in a repeating pattern of motifs. Colours are blue, dark blue, black, gold, green, and red.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, gold metal and silver metal
Made in
Sichuan, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Plate2843/1

Imari porcelain plate decorated with floral panels, clusters of peony and chrysanthemum.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cloth2787/27

Turquoise silk cloth with an overlaid purple centre panel and a looping gold filament border stitched on around the edge. The top surface of the runner-like cloth is covered with a decorative hand embroidery of mixed gold and copper filaments attached in a couching-technique known as stumping, with the resultant cross hatching of the ivory coloured thread covering the under surface. Cloth has long twined strands that hang out beneath metal fringe at both ends.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, gold metal, copper metal and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Altar Cloth2787/21

Ceremonial altar cloth (tok wi). Long rectangle of green silk with imbedded floral patterning is hemmed on three edges and has a border sewn along the fourth edge, consisting of three different strips of fabric hand embellished with couching techniques and embroidery in gold, silver and blue thread. Two edges are lined at the back with strips of an orange coloured silk.

Culture
Chinese: Peranakan
Material
silk fibre and gold metal
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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