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Cantonese Opera VestN1.698

Purple damask vest with large floral pattern. The vest has a rounded neck, side slits and an off-centre opening with brass frog closures. The opening, sides and bottom hem have pink borders with gold braid and yellow trim. The borders are stiffened with paper. The inside lining is natural-coloured linen.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, hemp fibre, dye, gold metal and brass metal
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera VestN1.697

Ecru vest with appliqué roundel. The vest has a rounded neck, side slits and centre opening with brass frog closures. The sides and bottom hem have pink borders with blue trim. The roundels on the centre front and back have a peony motif in dark red, green and yellow on blue ground. The inside lining is natural-coloured linen.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and hemp fibre
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt630/2

A dark blue rayon gathered skirt that has a 12.5 cm. horizontal panel of orange cotton embroidered with cross stitch in geometric designs at the hemline. The horizontal embroidered panel has a design consisting of alternating mint green and dark blue chevrons in an X-shape and yellow and dark blue cross-shapes pattern on an orange background. Waistband and centre back opening. Fastened with a large green plastic button. Patch pocket on left side. Pieced together.

Culture
Russian and Ukrainian
Material
rayon fibre, cotton fibre, plastic and dye
Made in
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/86

Daoist album leaf. Painting depicting Xu Xun and the lingering aberrant asking about the sword. A male figure dressed in blue and gold robes with a gold border is holding a sword. Behind him are a young male figure and five other male figures. The figure in the blue robes is pointing towards a male figure in green robes, who is part of a group of ten other male figures. They are all standing on a hill with green and blue rocky outcroppings and trees. There is a group of buildings behind a fence pictured in the distance. The painting is mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/84

Daoist album leaf. Painting depicting Xu Xun and the Jia family shifting its residence. A figure in light purple robes with a blue border is standing on the threshold of a building with a rooftop garden. He is flanked by a young man with a sheathed sword on his back, a man in blue, gold and green clothes holding a sword, and a male figure in light blue robes with a blue border, all bowing towards the central figure. 19 figures are pictured carrying furniture, tools and bundles behind green and blue hills. The painting is mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/82

Daoist album leaf. Painting depicting Xu Xun and the crocodile infiltrating the Jia family. A male figure in green and gold robes with a blue bordfer is standing inside a house with his sword drawn and holding a white cup. There is another figure in blue, gold and green with sword drawn against a snake-like crocodile figure with a coiled and undulating body. Four female figures are pictured inside the house, and six male figures are pictured outside the house. There is also a young male figure inside the house with as sword sheath(?) on his back. The house also has a rooftop garden, and there are green and blue mountains in the background. The painting is mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/80

Daoist album leaf. Painting depicting Xu Xun and an injured crocodile fleeing into a well. A male figure with a raised sword is standing beside two oxen that are butting heads. One of the oxen is light brown, and the other is dark grey. To the other side of the image is a red building with a white vertical sign and a wall extending out from its base. In the distance is another red building with a horizontal white sign and a cylindrical yellow object beside it. This building is flanked by the roofs of several buildings. The painting is mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1307/3

Silver headdress with blue designs and scrolling, floral-like wings extending from either side. Rows of orange pompoms and white plastic balls mounted on springs line the front of the headdress. A dragon-like face with a protruding red tongue crowned by a sun-shaped figure are arranged in the centre. Two black fabric ties at back.

Culture
Chinese
Material
fibre, metal, paper, plastic and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera VestN1.696

Pink vest with appliqué roundels. The vest has a rounded neck, side slits and centre opening with brass frog closures. The sides and bottom hem have green borders with white trim. The roundels on the centre front and back have a peony motif in dark red, pink and green on blue ground. The inside lining is yellow linen.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, hemp fibre and dye
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse630/1

Woman's blouse made of vertical panels of embroidered fabric alternating with hand-made lace. The embroidered panels are cross stitched with rayon floss in geometric designs on a solid field, blue and orange predominating. The shoulders each have three vertical embroidered panels, from left to right: a design consisting of mint green squares in a zig zags in between red zig zag lines pattern; a design consisting of orange octagons outlined by white and having a blue eight-petalled flower within, each petal of which has a white spot; and a design consisting of diamond shapes outlined by mint green and having a red star-cross shape within over an orange lattice work pattern on a dark blue background. The middle of the shirt has the same three vertical embroidered panels from left to right. Square neckline. Front, and back are identical.

Culture
Russian and Ukrainian
Material
cotton fibre, flax fibre, rayon fibre and dye
Made in
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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