Pair of Half-Gloves

  • Titles Pair of Half-Gloves (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.1087.1-.2
  • Work Type gloves
  • Classification Costume

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Ladies' cap-like hat of green and beige wool mohair on a tulle foundation and decorated with colorful feathers in red, yellow and black and cut "crystal" multi-colored beads.
Small, shell-shaped plate with mustard colored edge, in the center the scene of a man and a woman sitting under a tree in a landscape near a water’s edge and surrounded by lush flora. The woman is seated with her knees up wearing a white blouse with blue sash and a red skirt, she plays a recorder while the man leans against her legs, he wears a white tunic and green vest; with blue cloud-like smudges in the sky.
Octagonal dragon lustre bowl with lavender/blue exterior, and pale turquoise pearlized interior. The outside of the bowl is decorated with a golden, endless Greek key pattern along the upper and bottom rim. A solid golden trim is at the top and bottom rim. Two outstretched three-legged, four-clawed golden dragons with scales and a curled tail stretching across three fields of the octagonal bowl, each. The dragons have outstretched tongues, bulging eyes, a mane and some spikes along their backs. The spikes, part of the face, tongue, tail and claws are highlighted with red glaze. The shoulders and hips of the dragons are highlighted with green glaze. The dragons have a cross on their upper jaw and a dragonfly hovers in front of them. The upper, inside, rim is decorated with a repeating oval and diamond pattern. Below are three outstretched, scaled, golden dragons, equally distributed. Different parts of the body are highlighted with purple, red and green glaze. The bottom of the bowl is decorated with golden geometric and floral pattern on purple, red and green glaze.
Pierced plaque, in the form of a phoenix.