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PanelN1.92

A square silk piece that has a design consisting of a central landscape with buildings and weeping willows outlined with a blue and grey floral pattern, an ivory-coloured border, a black border, a blue floral patterned border, and a black border.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN1.91

Square embroidered panel with four bands surrounding the centre picture section. The outside band is black. The second band is white with large black, blue and purple flowers. The third band is thick and blue. The fourth band is blue with a white zigzag line and flowers. The centre section has a yellow butterfly and blue and red flowers with green leaves on a cream background. The panel is backed by a piece of brown fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN1.90

Embroidered panel is circular with five bands surrounding the centre section. The outside band is black with light blue flowers. The second and fourth bands are orange silk. The third and fifth bands are black with a dark blue motif. The centre section has many blue flowers and green leaves on a cream background. The panel is backed by a piece of ecru fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN1.88

Blue silk patterned cloth with black and green silk border and embroidered design in centre of peony and pomegranate. Brown embroidery on branches appears unfinished.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseN1.129 a-b

White vase, lozenge-shaped in cross-section, with elaborate polychrome designs on the sides. Panels in the centre of each side--which alternate between elaborate red linear and blue floral backgrounds--feature flowers, birds, and landscape scenes. Part b is a lozenge-shaped wooden stand with four feet.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, glaze and paint ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtN1.83

Blue skirt with pleats and embroidery. Across the top is a wide cotton waistband with three rows of frog closures. On the edges of the hem and pleats are gold borders containing the eight Buddhist objects. On the front and back are dragon, phoenix, bat, wave, cloud, sun and mountain motifs in gold, green and red. The inside lining is light blue damask containing the eight Buddhist objects.

Culture
Chinese
Material
fibre, cotton fibre, metal and silk fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN1.41

Embroidered panel is circular with five bands surrounding the centre section. The outside band is black with light blue flowers. The second and fourth bands are orange silk. The third and fifth bands are black with dark blue flowers. The centre section has gold appliqué designs with red and green details on a black background. The panel is backed by a piece of ecru fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, fibre and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN1.39

Long, narrow, rectangular panel consisting of a purple background with two sets of five diagonal stripes made of small, blue, square outlines. Surrounding the stripes gold stitched dots, along with pink, green, blue, orange and mauve flowers, some with white embroidered centres.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN1.33

Cream panel with embroidery. The panel is made of two long rectangular pieces sewn together. The embroidered bands have floral and butterfly motifs in predominately blue and gold on cream ground. The back is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, fibre and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.219

Standing wood figure (ibeji). Head is capped with a bright blue pigment on the conical headdress. Cap is decorated with diagonal ridges. Seven tribal scarification marks on the cheeks, four of which are horizontal while the other three are vertically above the horizontal. Extended arms have hands touching thighs. Has very short legs in relation to body and the feet are large. Stands on circular pedestal. Beads around neck and hips. Covered with red camwood paste.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
indigo pigment, wood, glass, fibre, camwood pigment and shell
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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