Object Details
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Circular medallion with a frame and a pictorial center. The frame contains a landscape with cloud motifs embroidered in polychrome silks on a green ground. In the center, a white rabbit is standing in front of small building with trees, stirring a blue vessel with a long spoon. The rabbit beating the elixir of life is often shown on the robe of a T'aoist priest.
Credit Line
Bequest of Marian Hague
Date
17th century
Accession Number
1971-50-149
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
embroidery & stitching
Object Name
Medallion
Type
Medallion
Medium
Medium: silk, metal threads Technique: embroidered in pattern darning, satin and couching stitches on gauze-weave foundation
Dimensions
diam.: 30.5 cm (12 in.)
made in
China
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1971-50-149