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Manchu woman's red silk skirt made from four sewn panels of…
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Sydney
Date:
31-Jan-2015
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Manchu woman's red silk skirt made from four sewn panels of which two are lined in light pink silk, falling from a plain pale pink cotton waistband. Embroidered decorations include a crane standing amongst peonies, and a sacred fungus beneath which mountains and waves are represented and a lotus flower in water. These symbols are derived from the formal civil rank badges of the Manchu ruling elite. Many other extensive embroidered decorations. Late Qing Dynasty late 19th or early 20th century
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Unclassified