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Miniature Imperial skirt and jacket

42.50.1,.2 Imperial k'ossu coat and skirt. Coat has gold fretwork meander on an apricot ground, nine 5-clawed dragons, clouds, and eternal sea at bottom. No cuffs, neck bound. Green pleated skirt with eternal sea motif at bottom. The diminutive size of this costume indicates that it was designed either for an idol in an imperial temple or for a doll.

Date
Ch'ien Lung period, 1736-1795
In our collection
since December the 16th, 2017 up to now
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Medium
Silk
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Composition
cadmium52%
atium43%
zinc5%