Man's semi-formal court robe (jifu) with horse-shoe cuffs and side opening with round metal buttons and design of water and mountain across the bottom, above which are four-clawed dragons, clouds, lotus, bats and flames embroidered in colored silk floss and gold-wrapped threads on a blue...
Provenance
Denman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1915
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Chinese, Qing dynasty, 1870–80
Object Place
China
Dimensions
137 x 195.5 cm (53 15/16 x 76 15/16 in.)
Accession Number
15.574
Medium or Technique
Silk twill-weave ground embroidered with colored silk floss and gold-wrapped threads, metal buttons