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Woman’s Non-Official Formal Vest (xia bei)

Han Chinese, late 19th-early 20th century

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Woman’s Non-Official Formal Vest (xia bei)

Han Chinese, late 19th-early 20th century

Physical Qualities Silk embroidered in silk and gold and silver(?) wrapped embroidery threads, 40 x 29 in. (101.6 x 73.7 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of the Misses Corner
Object Number 1939.80
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1939; Mary and Helen Corner
Anita Jones, BMA, "Art and Ornament: Embroidered Chinese Vestments," 7/14-10/25/87.
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