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Ceremonial Uniform

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1644–1911

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satin weave silk with gold metal thread embroidery; supplementary weft; black velvet; metal (brass?); lined in blue silk

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Ceremonial Uniform, 1644–1911. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Satin weave silk with gold metal thread embroidery; supplementary weft; black velvet; metal (brass?); lined in blue silk. The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1918.560

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China - Qing Dynasty

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The ceremonial uniform was considerably heavy; the jacket alone weighs 2.38 kg (5.25 lbs).

citations

citation

Fales, William E. S. "Chinese Armor." The Collector 3, no. 18 (1892). (In Trumble, Alfred. The Collector. New York City: Alfred Trumble, 1889.)

page_number

p. 285

url

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25601955

citation

advertisement for Chinese works of art at the Kleykamp Galleries, New York, showing Chinese ceremonial armor being worn. The Antiquarian. New York: Antiquarian Publishing Co., Vol. IX, no. 3 (October 1927)

page_number

p. 55

citation

Grancsay, Stephen V. "The George C. Stone Bequest: Chinese and Malayan Arms and Armor." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 32, no. 6 (1937).

page_number

pp. 143–148

url

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3255102

citation

Bullock, Randolph. "Oriental Arms and Armor." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 5, no. 6 (1947).

page_number

pp. 169–171

url

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3258117

citation

Nickel, Helmut. Warriors and Worthies; Arms and Armor Through the Ages. New York: Atheneum, 1969.

page_number

pp. 97–98

citation

Dien, Albert E. "A Study of Early Chinese Armor." Artibus Asiae 43, no. 1/2 (1981).

page_number

pp. 5–66

url

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3249826

citation

Pang, Mae Anna. Dragon Emperor: Treasures from the Forbidden City. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1988.

page_number

pp. 54–65

citation

Jacobsen, Robert D. Imperial Silks of the Chʻing Dynasty. Minneapolis, Minn: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1991.

page_number

figs. 20–22, pp. 341–349

citation

Garrett, Valery M. Chinese Clothing: An Illustrated Guide. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1994.

page_number

pp. 119–130, Plates 56 and 57

citation

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, and Liaoning Sheng bo wu guan. Jin xiu luo yi qiao tian gong 錦繡羅衣巧天工 [Heavens' embroidered cloths: one thousand years of Chinese textiles]. Hong Kong: Urban Council, 1995.

page_number

pp. 238–239

citation

Schlombs, Adele, and Sybille Girmond. Meisterwerke aus China, Korea und Japan: Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Köln. München: Prestel, 1995.

page_number

pp. 102–105

citation

La Cité interdite: vie publique et privée des empereurs de Chine (1644-1911): les Musées de la ville de Paris, Musée du Petit Palais, 9 novembre 1996-23 février 1997. Paris: Paris musées, 1996.

page_number

pp. 130–144

citation

Dickinson, Gary, and Linda Wrigglesworth. Imperial Wardrobe. Berkeley, Calif: Ten Speed Press, 2000.

page_number

pp. 20–26

citation

Jacobsen, Robert D., Evan M. Maurer, Robert Fogt, and Gary Mortensen. Imperial Silks: Ch'ing Dynasty Textiles in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. 2000.

page_number

pp. 341–349

citation

Yang, Xin, Chengru Zhu, and Peter Keller. Secret world of the Forbidden City: splendors from China's Imperial Palace. Santa Ana, CA: The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2000.

page_number

pp. 27–28, 87–92

citation

Vollmer, John. Ruling from the Dragon Throne: Costume of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2002.

page_number

pp. 85–88

citation

Christie's Hong Kong. The imperial sale, fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. April 29, 2002.

page_number

p. 149, Lot no. 587

citation

Wang, Fang, Zhang Xuguang, and Wang Yumli. "The conservation of the Qianlong military review armour." Palace Museum Journal 故宮博物院院刊, 2002, no. 5.

page_number

pp. 89–92

citation

Sotheby's, London. Fine Chinese ceramics: including export art. November 13, 2002 sale.

page_number

p. 17, Lot no. 17

citation

Vollmer, John, Thierry Prat, and Richard Sheppard. Silks for Thrones and Altars: Chinese Costumes and Textiles: from the Liao Through the Qing Dynasty. Paris: Myrna Myers, 2003.

citation

Ho, Chuimei, and Bennet Bronson. Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong. London: Merrell, 2004.

page_number

pp. 110–119

citation

Xu, Qixian 徐啟憲. Gong ting zhen bao 宮廷珍寶. Hong Kong: Shang wu yin shu guan 商務印書館, 2004.

citation

Lemon, Jane. Metal Thread Embroidery. London: Batsford, 2004.

page_number

p. 15

citation

Sotheby's, New York. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art: Including Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Robert & Molly Hsieh. March 23, 2004 sale.

page_number

p. 173, Lot no. 554

citation

Rawski, Evelyn Sakakida, and Jessica Rawson. China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2005.

page_number

pp. 156–167, 404

citation

Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. New York: Christie's, March 29, 2006.

page_number

pp. 82–83, Lot no. 282

citation

Sotheby's, Hong Kong. Qianlong: sovereign, warrior, patron. April 10, 2006 sale.

page_number

pp. 130–135, Lot no. 1539

citation

Sotheby's, London. Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. November 7, 2007.

page_number

pp. 284–285, Lot no. 487

citation

Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. The Imperial Wardrobe: Fine Chinese Costume and Textiles from the Linda Wrigglesworth Collection. New York: Christie, Manson & Woods International, March 19, 2008.

page_number

pp. 80–81, Lot no. 40

citation

Sotheby's, Hong Kong. Legacies of the imperial power: treasures from the imperial collection. October 8, 2008 sale.

page_number

pp. 78–83, Lot no. 2206

citation

Bonhams & Butterfields. Fine Asian Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams & Butterfields, June 29, 2009.

page_number

Lot no. 8124

citation

Wilson, Ming. Imperial Chinese Robes: From the Forbidden City. London: V & A Pub, 2010.

page_number

pp. 61–65

citation

Bonhams & Butterfields. Fine Asian Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams & Butterfields, December 13, 2010.

page_number

p. 21, Lot no. 5024

citation

Sotheby's, London. Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. May 11, 2011 sale.

page_number

p. 190, Lot no. 250

citation

Christie's South Kensington, Ltd. Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles. London: Christie's South Kensington, Ltd, November 9, 2012.

page_number

p. 23, Lot no. 1045

citation

Moll-Murata, Christine, and Ulrich Theobald. "Military Employment in Qing Dynasty China." In Fighting for a Living: A Comparative Study of Military Labour 1500-2000, edited by Zürcher Erik-Jan. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2013.

page_number

pp. 353–392

url

https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wp6pg.15

citation

Robinson, H. Russell. Oriental Armor. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2002.

page_number

pp. 126–166

citation

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams, December 17, 2013.

page_number

pp. 124–125, Lot no. 8252

citation

Li, Jian, Li He, Hou-mei Sung, and Ma Shengnan. Forbidden city: imperial treasures from the Palace Museum, Beijing. Richmond, VA: VMFA Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2014.

page_number

pp. 48–49, 54–55

citation

Crick, Monique, ed. Chine Impériale: Splendeurs de La Dynastie Qing (1644-1911). Milan, Genève: 5 continents; Fondation Baur, museé des arts d’Extrême-Orient, 2014.

page_number

p. 68-71

citation

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams, June 24, 2014.

page_number

pp. 92–93, Lot no. 8155 and 8157

citation

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams, June 24, 2014.

page_number

pp. 94–95, Lot no. 8157

citation

Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. New York, September 14–15, 2017.

page_number

pp. 60–63, Lot no. 939

citation

Feng, Linying 冯林英. Qing dai gong ting fu shi 清代宮廷服饰. Beijing: Xueyuan Publishing House 學苑出版社, 2019.

page_number

pp. 110–124

citation

Garrett, Valery M. Chinese Dress: From the Qing Dynasty to the Present Day. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2019.

page_number

pp. 26–31, 34

citation

Dien, Albert E. and Keith N. Knapp, ed. The Cambridge History of China, Volume 2: The Six Dynasties, 220-589. Cambridge University Press, 2019. In Twitchett, Denis Crispin, and John King Fairbank. The Cambridge History of China. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1978.

citation

La Rocca, Donald J. "Asian Arms and Armour at the Met." Arts of Asia v. 49, no. 2 (March-April 2019): 58–69.

citation

Christie, Manson & Woods, London. Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. May 14, 2019.

page_number

p. 142, Lot no. 186

citation

Christie, Manson & Woods, London. Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. May 14, 2019.

page_number

p. 143, Lot no. 187

citation

Ludueña, Sara. Late Nineteenth Century Chinese Ceremonial Armor: Context, Conservation and Mounting for Display. MA thesis, SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology, 2020.

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Mentioned and Reproduced

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.560

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Ceremonial Uniform

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tec	satin weave silk with gold metal thread embroidery; supplementary weft; black velvet; metal (brass?); lined in blue silk
tombstone	Ceremonial Uniform, 1644–1911. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Satin weave silk with gold metal thread embroidery; supplementary weft; black velvet; metal (brass?); lined in blue silk. The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1918.560
collection	China - Qing Dynasty
didYouKnow	The ceremonial uniform was considerably heavy; the jacket alone weighs 2.38 kg (5.25 lbs).
citations	citation Fales, William E. S. "Chinese Armor." <em>The Collector</em> 3, no. 18 (1892). (In Trumble, Alfred. The Collector. New York City: Alfred Trumble, 1889.) page_number p. 285 url https://www.jstor.org/stable/25601955 citation advertisement for Chinese works of art at the Kleykamp Galleries, New York, showing Chinese ceremonial armor being worn. <em>The Antiquarian. </em>New York: Antiquarian Publishing Co., Vol. IX, no. 3 (October 1927) page_number p. 55 citation Grancsay, Stephen V. "The George C. Stone Bequest: Chinese and Malayan Arms and Armor." <em>The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin</em> 32, no. 6 (1937). page_number pp. 143–148 url https://www.jstor.org/stable/3255102 citation Bullock, Randolph. "Oriental Arms and Armor." <em>The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin</em> 5, no. 6 (1947). page_number pp. 169–171 url https://www.jstor.org/stable/3258117 citation Nickel, Helmut. <em>Warriors and Worthies; Arms and Armor Through the Ages</em>. New York: Atheneum, 1969. page_number pp. 97–98 citation Dien, Albert E. "A Study of Early Chinese Armor." <em>Artibus Asiae</em> 43, no. 1/2 (1981). page_number pp. 5–66 url https://www.jstor.org/stable/3249826 citation Pang, Mae Anna. <em>Dragon Emperor: Treasures from the Forbidden City</em>. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1988. page_number pp. 54–65 citation Jacobsen, Robert D. <em>Imperial Silks of the Chʻing Dynasty</em>. Minneapolis, Minn: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1991. page_number figs. 20–22, pp. 341–349 citation Garrett, Valery M. <em>Chinese Clothing: An Illustrated Guide</em>. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1994. page_number pp. 119–130, Plates 56 and 57 citation Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, and Liaoning Sheng bo wu guan. <em>Jin xiu luo yi qiao tian gong </em>錦繡羅衣巧天工<em> [Heavens' embroidered cloths: one thousand years of Chinese textiles].</em> Hong Kong: Urban Council, 1995. page_number pp. 238–239 citation Schlombs, Adele, and Sybille Girmond. <em>Meisterwerke aus China, Korea und Japan: Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Köln</em>. München: Prestel, 1995. page_number pp. 102–105 citation <em>La Cité interdite: vie publique et privée des empereurs de Chine (1644-1911): les Musées de la ville de Paris, Musée du Petit Palais, 9 novembre 1996-23 février 1997</em>. Paris: Paris musées, 1996. page_number pp. 130–144 citation Dickinson, Gary, and Linda Wrigglesworth.<em> Imperial Wardrobe</em>. Berkeley, Calif: Ten Speed Press, 2000. page_number pp. 20–26 citation Jacobsen, Robert D., Evan M. Maurer, Robert Fogt, and Gary Mortensen. <em>Imperial Silks: Ch'ing Dynasty Textiles in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts</em>. 2000. page_number pp. 341–349 citation Yang, Xin, Chengru Zhu, and Peter Keller. <em>Secret world of the Forbidden City: splendors from China's Imperial Palace</em>. Santa Ana, CA: The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2000. page_number pp. 27–28, 87–92 citation Vollmer, John. <em>Ruling from the Dragon Throne: Costume of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)</em>. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2002. page_number pp. 85–88 citation Christie's Hong Kong. <em>The imperial sale, fine Chinese ceramics and works of art</em>. April 29, 2002. page_number p. 149, Lot no. 587 citation Wang, Fang, Zhang Xuguang, and Wang Yumli. "The conservation of the Qianlong military review armour.<em>"</em> <em>Palace Museum Journal </em>故宮博物院院刊, 2002, no. 5. page_number pp. 89–92 citation Sotheby's, London. <em>Fine Chinese ceramics: including export art</em>. November 13, 2002 sale. page_number p. 17, Lot no. 17 citation Vollmer, John, Thierry Prat, and Richard Sheppard. <em>Silks for Thrones and Altars: Chinese Costumes and Textiles: from the Liao Through the Qing Dynasty</em>. Paris: Myrna Myers, 2003. citation Ho, Chuimei, and Bennet Bronson. <em>Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong</em>. London: Merrell, 2004. page_number pp. 110–119 citation Xu, Qixian 徐啟憲. <em>Gong ting zhen bao </em>宮廷珍寶. Hong Kong: Shang wu yin shu guan 商務印書館, 2004. citation Lemon, Jane. <em>Metal Thread Embroidery</em>. London: Batsford, 2004. page_number p. 15 citation Sotheby's, New York. <em>Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art: Including Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Robert & Molly Hsieh</em>. March 23, 2004 sale. page_number p. 173, Lot no. 554 citation Rawski, Evelyn Sakakida, and Jessica Rawson. <em>China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795</em>. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2005. page_number pp. 156–167, 404 citation Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. F<em>ine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art</em>. New York: Christie's, March 29, 2006. page_number pp. 82–83, Lot no. 282 citation Sotheby's, Hong Kong. <em>Qianlong: sovereign, warrior, patron</em>. April 10, 2006 sale. page_number pp. 130–135, Lot no. 1539 citation Sotheby's, London. <em>Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art</em>. November 7, 2007. page_number pp. 284–285, Lot no. 487 citation Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. <em>The Imperial Wardrobe: Fine Chinese Costume and Textiles from the Linda Wrigglesworth Collection</em>. New York: Christie, Manson & Woods International, March 19, 2008. page_number pp. 80–81, Lot no. 40 citation Sotheby's, Hong Kong. <em>Legacies of the imperial power: treasures from the imperial collection</em>. October 8, 2008 sale. page_number pp. 78–83, Lot no. 2206 citation Bonhams & Butterfields. <em>Fine Asian Works of Art</em>. San Francisco: Bonhams & Butterfields, June 29, 2009. page_number Lot no. 8124 citation Wilson, Ming. <em>Imperial Chinese Robes: From the Forbidden City</em>. London: V & A Pub, 2010. page_number pp. 61–65 citation Bonhams & Butterfields. <em>Fine Asian Works of Art</em>. San Francisco: Bonhams & Butterfields, December 13, 2010. page_number p. 21, Lot no. 5024 citation Sotheby's, London. <em>Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art</em>. May 11, 2011 sale. page_number p. 190, Lot no. 250 citation Christie's South Kensington, Ltd. <em>Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles</em>. London: Christie's South Kensington, Ltd, November 9, 2012. page_number p. 23, Lot no. 1045 citation Moll-Murata, Christine, and Ulrich Theobald. "Military Employment in Qing Dynasty China." In <em>Fighting for a Living: A Comparative Study of Military Labour 1500-2000</em>, edited by Zürcher Erik-Jan. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2013. page_number pp. 353–392 url https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wp6pg.15 citation Robinson, H. Russell. <em>Oriental Armor</em>. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2002. page_number pp. 126–166 citation Bonhams. <em>Fine Chinese Works of Art</em>. San Francisco: Bonhams, December 17, 2013. page_number pp. 124–125, Lot no. 8252 citation Li, Jian, Li He, Hou-mei Sung, and Ma Shengnan. <em>Forbidden city: imperial treasures from the Palace Museum, Beijing</em>. Richmond, VA: VMFA Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2014. page_number pp. 48–49, 54–55 citation Crick, Monique, ed. <em>Chine Impériale: Splendeurs de La Dynastie Qing (1644-1911)</em>. Milan, Genève: 5 continents; Fondation Baur, museé des arts d’Extrême-Orient, 2014. page_number p. 68-71 citation Bonhams. <em>Fine Chinese Works of Art</em>. San Francisco: Bonhams, June 24, 2014. page_number pp. 92–93, Lot no. 8155 and 8157 citation Bonhams. <em>Fine Chinese Works of Art</em>. San Francisco: Bonhams, June 24, 2014. page_number pp. 94–95, Lot no. 8157 citation Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. <em>Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art</em>. New York, September 14–15, 2017. page_number pp. 60–63, Lot no. 939 citation Feng, Linying 冯林英. <em>Qing dai gong ting fu shi</em> 清代宮廷服饰. Beijing: Xueyuan Publishing House 學苑出版社, 2019. page_number pp. 110–124 citation Garrett, Valery M. <em>Chinese Dress: From the Qing Dynasty to the Present Day</em>. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2019. page_number pp. 26–31, 34 citation Dien, Albert E. and Keith N. Knapp, ed. <em>The Cambridge History of China, Volume 2: The Six Dynasties, 220-589</em>. Cambridge University Press, 2019. In Twitchett, Denis Crispin, and John King Fairbank. T<em>he Cambridge History of China</em>. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1978. citation La Rocca, Donald J. "Asian Arms and Armour at the Met." <em>Arts of Asia </em>v. 49, no. 2 (March-April 2019): 58–69. citation Christie, Manson & Woods, London. F<em>ine Chinese ceramics and works of art</em>. May 14, 2019. page_number p. 142, Lot no. 186 citation Christie, Manson & Woods, London. <em>Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art</em>. May 14, 2019. page_number p. 143, Lot no. 187 citation Ludueña, Sara. <em>Late Nineteenth Century Chinese Ceremonial Armor: Context, Conservation and Mounting for Display</em>. MA thesis, SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology, 2020. page_number Mentioned and Reproduced
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coll	China - Qing Dynasty
med	satin weave silk with gold metal thread embroidery; supplementary weft; black velvet; metal (brass?); lined in blue silk

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