Blue Silk Brocake Manchu Coat with Asymetrical Cloud Colar and Machined Ribbon

China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), About 1900

  • Titles Blue Silk Brocake Manchu Coat with Asymetrical Cloud Colar and Machined Ribbon (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium silk
  • Dimensions 34 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. (87.6 x 90.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Jackie Mazzara, AFI.292.2010
  • Work Type jacket
  • Classification Costume

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