Found 5,010 items made of Refine Search .
Found 5,010 items made of Refine Search .
The item search helps you look through the thousands of items on the RRN and find exactly what you’re after. We’ve split the search into two parts, Results, and Search Filters. You’re in the results section right now. You can still perform “Quick searches” from the menu bar, but if you’re new to the RRN, click the Search tab above and use the exploratory search.
View TutorialLog In to see more items.
Large white cover with dark blue embroidery. The cover is made from three long pieces sewn together. The centre piece has a large roundel with curved spokes and various diaper patterns, surrounded with a meander motif and nine large sacred fungi motifs. Flanking the roundel are large and small lion motifs. The outside pieces have endless knot, flaming pearl, pair of fish, vase, umbrella, lotus, castanet, gong, fan and scroll motifs. The ends of the cover are hemmed, the sides are selvage. The back is unlined.
Figures representing people arranged on a platform. Three figures are standing behind an important person (oba) holding umbrellas, one of which is wearing a sleeveless tunic, pants, and a conical hat and two of which are wearing short-sleeved tunics, pants, and conical hats. Three musicians are wearing sleeveless tunics, pants, and soft pointed hats. One musician is playing a double-waisted drum. Another is playing a gourd drum decorated with ata chips. One more is playing a single headed conical drum. Both of the latter are wearing short-sleeved tunics, pants, and soft pointed hats. One figure is wearing a short-sleeved tunic, pants, a soft pointed hat, and is holding a fan. Two figures are wearing short-sleeved dresses, plaited hair, and are kneeling on either side of the oba. The oba (high priest) is bearded and is wearing a robe, a pointed hat, and beads. He is receiving gifts from two prone figures wearing sleeveless tunics and pants. All clothing and drum heads are light yellow-brown. Arms, legs, and heads are dark brown.
Figure representing a person sitting on a cylindrical stool, wearing a soft pointed hat, and a sleeveless tunic with knee-length trousers. The figure is sitting in front of a distaff with cotton wrapped around it in a spiral fashion, and supported by a conical-shaped vase. The figure is holding a spindle with a strand of cotton rotating from the distaff. The base, spindle, stool, and clothing are light yellow-brown wood. Head, limbs, and distaff are dark brown. Hat is light red-brown.
Long, rectangular, brocade valance of light blue fabric and indigo detailing. The design consists of five different floral motifs separated by six pairs of smaller motifs. The centre design has a tree trunk bearing branches with flowers, leaves and buds, as well as a fence section and plants. The left inner motif: broad base with chrysanthemum, leaves, buds. Left outer motif: tree with fruit, leaves, bird, flower at base. Right inner motif: two flowers on curved stem from broad base, leaves, buds. Right outer motif: pear blossoms, leaves, buds, insect, flower at base. Dividing motifs consist of flowers, butterflies; blossoms, jewels; deer with cassia spray and lozenge. Border series of plant and insect designs with no regular repetition. Hemmed on sides edges and bottom.
Blue-black valance with white design. Bias band in lighter shade with one pleat on sides and lower edges. Five medallions with floral motifs, separated by six butterflies and six flower sprays. Centre medallion: lotus flower, worm, cranes. Left outer medallion: building beside lake and mountain, clouds overhead, dish of flowers and spray of lotus. Right outer medallion: lotus spray, small building, stylized landform. Left inner medallion: building, flower spray, crane, insect. Right inner medallion: peach blossom, butterfly, dish of flowers, stylized clouds, landforms. Each butterfly differs, as does each floral spray separating medallions. At left of centre medallion, dish on stand, worms on leaves . At right of centre, vase with ribbons, large insect. Thread remnants in upper selvage.
Plain white valance with blue embroidery; five plate-like medallions, each with bird, flower, vine design in centre; borders of butterfly, bird, plant and stylized lotus, prunus, peony. Scalloped edges on centre and end plates. Centre flanked by female figure in short coat and pants; fan in one hand wisk in the other; lotus flower and sprig across figure. Two small motifs next to end plates; flowers and sprig, lotus and butterfly. Looks like border has been removed. Selvage, sides; ends, raw.
Black mbroidered white valance; vase motif at each end. Centre motif: fish, water plant, waves. Motif at Proper Right: hare, cloud forms, plant with bird, underlying tree branch form. Motif at Proper Left: duck, lotus branch, insects, abstract plant design, underlying tree branch form. Rosettes on fish, flowers , arrows on birds, vertical rows of dots on hare. Vase on Proper Right: linear body, double-bordered sprig decoration, sections of taoist mace behind. Vase on Proper Left: similar shape, insect decoration, balloon guitar behind. Both vases hold conventionalized flower forms. Embroidered border along bottom and sides of flower and zig-zag pattern.
Plain white valance with blue embroidery. Stylized border with alternating butterfly and flower motifs connected by a vine. Five major motifs separated by smaller motifs of a bowl of flowers and a bud at each end. Centre motif: medallion with stylized peach tree, flowers, pine needles. Medallions at left and right of centre: bird, pomegranate, pine tree and needles. Medallions at far left and right: flowered vase holding lotus branches with three peacocks; surrounding figures: two men with plumed hats, two rats. Flowers surround all. Hemmed all three sides with embroidered zig-zag motif.
White valance with dark blue embroidery. The valance has five large roundels and a border around three sides. The rinceau border includes triangular corners and two bands, one thick and one thin. The bands have lotus, cock, pomegranate and butterfly motifs. The upper corners have pomegranate and swastika motifs; lower corners have peach and butterfly motifs. The far left roundel has deer, cock, vase holding branch with pear and leaf with a small human figure in the centre and man with official’s hat. The roundel left of centre has hare with rosettes on body, lotus, cock and pomegranate motifs. The centre roundel has lion, butterfly, pomegranate and floral motifs. The roundel right of centre has deer with six peach flowers on body, lotus, butterfly, cock, flowers, small rat and bird motifs. The roundel at far right has lotus, butterfly, two human figures and peach motifs. The roundels are separated by eight smaller motifs including fish in a basket, two citron in a basket, stylized fruit, floral and bird motifs. One horizontal edge is selvage; the other three are hemmed.
Plain cloth embroidered with three rows of black butterflies. Center row is different than top and bottom rows which are identical. Two ends hemmed with embroidered pattern. Two selvedge edges.