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Niche valance
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1725–50
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk slit tapestry (kesi)
Dimensions
80 x 92 cm (31 1/2 x 36 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.801
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionNiche valance with design of five Ming-style dragons, auspicious clouds and bats on a yellow ground on the lower part; above which is a panel with design of peonies, lotus, flower blossoms and butterflies on a reddish-orange ground. The design is woven with red, blues, greens, yellow, brownish-white and gold silk; border with key fretwork pattern in red on blue ground.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1915