Unknown Artist
- Title
- Front facing dragon roundel with imperial yellow background
- Other titles:
- Dragon roundel
- Place of origin
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China
- Period
- Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Year
- circa 1750
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- embroidery
- Dimensions
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31.9 x 30.0 x 0.2cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Judith & Ken Rutherford 2002
- Accession number
- 193.2002
- Location
- Lower Asian gallery
- Further information
The background colour of imperial yellow and the medallion in the centre top of the first roundel indicate that it would have been used by a member of the imperial clan. The five claw dragon is floating in a cosmic setting surrounded by cloud forms in the auspicious colours. The mountain forms in the bottom waves represent the earth. Five bats represent the five states of happiness: long life, wealth, tranquillity, love, virtue and a peaceful death which crowns a lifetime of accomplishment. The roundel is brocade which would probably have been woven at the Cloud Brocade Institute in Nanjing.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, 29 May 2002.
- Bibliography (1)
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Judith Rutherford (Australia) (Editor), Jackie Menzies (Australia) (Editor), Celestial silks: Chinese religious & court textiles, Sydney, 2004, 86 (colour ilus.), 87. cat.no. 50
- Exhibition history (1)
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Celestial silks: Chinese religious & court textiles, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 31 Jul 2004–24 Oct 2004.
