Buddhist Priest's Ceremonial Robe
1400s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Buddhist Priest's Ceremonial Robe, 1400s. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Silk and gold thread; embroidery; overall: 119.4 x 302.1 cm (47 x 118 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1987.57 The Five Transcendent Buddhas, who symbolize the purity of the five elements, are repeated around the edges.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Garment
- Formatted Medium
- silk and gold thread; embroidery
- Medium
- silk, gold, thread, embroidery
- Dimensions
- Overall: 119.4 x 302.1 cm (47 x 118 15/16 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1987.57
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1987, Buddhist Ceremonial Robe Restoration, When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art, Taming Tigers and Releasing Dragons: Masterpieces of Chinese Buddhist Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c, <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 244)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 11, 2013-March 9, 2015).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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