Festival badge with five-clawed dragon surrounded by chrysanthemums
In this festival badge, worn by an official during court ceremonies, a dragon rises from a stylized primordial mountain landscape amid supernatural clouds. The inclusion of the fall-blooming chrysanthemum suggests that the badge was to be used for one of the autumn festivals.
Artwork Details
- 明晚期 刺繡菊花團龍補
- Title: Festival badge with five-clawed dragon surrounded by chrysanthemums
- Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Date: early 17th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Embroidered silk gauze
- Dimensions: Diam. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
- Classification: Textiles-Embroidered
- Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 1946
- Object Number: 46.133.23
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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