Fragment of a Daoist vestment
1790s
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread
Dimensions219 x 60 cm (86 1/4 x 23 5/8 in.)108.0 cm; L (waistcoat): 70.0 cm
Credit LineJulia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession number02.68
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Collections
Provenance1902, Yamanaka and Co., Boston; sold by Yamanaka to the MFA for $2650 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: April 17, 1902)
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession nos. 02.48 - 02.68 were purchased together for this amount.
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession nos. 02.48 - 02.68 were purchased together for this amount.
late 18th century
late 19th century
late 19th century
late 18th–early 19th century
19th century
late 19th century
1850–60
19th century