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VestN1.75

Long black vest with multicoloured tassels. The vest has a rounded neck and centre opening with frog closures. The sides are open, held together by two crossed bands. The front and back have wave, mountain, dragon, bat, wheel of law and umbrella motifs in gold, blue, purple pink and orange. The border around the neck, centre opening, sides and hem has a prunus and line motif in black on gold ground. Hanging from the bottom hem and netting are pink, yellow and green tassels. The inside lining is light blue.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and metal
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeN1.73

Pink damask robe with embroidery. The robe has a short standing collar, wide sleeves, side slits and side opening with frog closure and metal buttons. The damask is woven with ‘Buddha’s hand’ citron, peach and floral spray motifs. The wide borders around the collar, side opening and hem have a white prunus motif around the sides on blue ground edged by wide, pale green trim with a butterfly motif. The ends of the sleeves have embroidered peony, bird and bat motifs on pale green ground. The inside lining is blue silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JacketN1.71

Black silk jacket with embroidery. The jacket has a round neck, wide sleeves and centre opening with brass frog closures. On the front are peony, butterfly, wave and rhinoceros horn motifs on black ground. On the back are peony, butterfly wave, chrysanthemum, orchid, swastika, coral and ruyi sceptre motifs on black ground. The sleeves have a gold cuff with butterfly, peony, swastika, scroll and floral motif. The inner lining is blue damask silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
gold metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeN1.69 b

Red robe with embroidery. The robe has a short standing collar, wide sleeves, side slits and side opening with brass frog closures. The collar has a geometric pattern on gold ground. The front, back and sleeves have embroidered dragon, phoenix, fire, bat, wave and mountain motifs as well as the Buddhist symbols of good fortune on red ground. The inside lining is blue silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
fibre, metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtN1.69 a

Green silk skirt with wide pink waistband. The skirt has thin vertical panels edged with gold trim. The lower sections have embroidered designs, including dragon, fire, cloud, wave, pearl, phoenix, ruyi sceptre, rhinoceros horn and bat motifs. The inside is lined with blue silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
fibre, metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeN1.67

Dark blue damask robe with an open weave. The robe has a mandarin collar, slender sleeves, side slits and a side opening with frog closures. The damask is woven with large roundels enclosing a dragon motif. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeN1.66

Red robe with a round neck, long wide sleeves and side opening with brass frog closures. On the front, back and sleeves are orchid, butterfly and blossom? motifs. Around the neck, sides and bottom is a border of embroidered blue floral, vase and bat motifs on cream ground, edged with black trim. The inside lining is yellow damask silk containing floral and swastika motifs.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, metal and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeN1.64

Dark blue robe with embroidered designs. The robe has rounded neck, side slits and centre opening with a frog closures and glass button. The front and back have peony, moth, prunus, chrysanthemum, mountain, wave and coral motifs on dark blue ground. In the centre front and back is a large roundel with peony and moth motifs. The sleeves are folded back with peony and moth motifs on blue ground. The inside lining is blue damask silk with a small floral motif.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye and glass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CapeN1.62

Orange damask cape. The cape has a rounded neck, wide sleeves, side slits and side opening with brass frog closures. The damask is woven with large roundels enclosing two dragon motifs. The borders around the neck, sleeves and side opening have a blue and white prunus motif on black ground edged with white floral trim. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeN1.58

Red robe with rounded neck, wide sleeves, side slits and centre opening with frog closures. On the upper front and back is a rectangular badge with a right facing mandarin duck, denoting a civil seventh rank official. Surrounding the duck are blue and white wave, sun, peony, bat motifs and a gold meander border on a red ground. On the front, back and sleeves are wave, peony and butterfly motifs in blue, white and green. The neck border has a prunus motif in blue and white on a black ground with a thin floral trim. The sleeve border has two bands; the same prunus motif with floral trim and a garden scene with figures in blue on a cream ground. The inside lining is blue silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, fibre and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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