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Ceremonial Uniform: Back Metal Plate

1644–1911

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China, Qing dynasty

(1644-1911)

Metal (brass?); lined in blue silk

Overall: 14.6 x 14.6 x 2.9 cm (5 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 1 1/8 in.)

Weight: 140 g (4.94 oz.)

General Income Fund 1918.560.1.i

Location

not on view

Provenance

late 1916-1918

(Acquired by Langdon Warner in Korea, late 1916. Sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1918-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1918-present

Citations

Fales, William E. S. "Chinese Armor." The Collector 3, no. 18 (1892). (In Trumble, Alfred. The Collector. New York City: Alfred Trumble, 1889.) p. 285

Grancsay, Stephen V. "The George C. Stone Bequest: Chinese and Malayan Arms and Armor." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 32, no. 6 (1937). p. 143-148 www.jstor.org

Bullock, Randolph. "Oriental Arms and Armor." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 5, no. 6 (1947). p. 169-171 www.jstor.org

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

Dien, Albert E. "A Study of Early Chinese Armor." Artibus Asiae 43, no. 1/2 (1981). p. 5-66 www.jstor.org

Pang, Mae Anna. Dragon Emperor: Treasures from the Forbidden City. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1988. p. 54-65

Jacobsen, Robert D. Imperial Silks of the Chʻing Dynasty. Minneapolis, Minn: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1991. figs. 20-22

Garrett, Valery M. Chinese Clothing: An Illustrated Guide. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1994. p. 119-130, Plates 56 and 57

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. Hong Kong: Urban Council, 1995. p. 238-239

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

Musée du Petit Palais (Paris, France), Association Paris musées, Association française d'action artistique, and Gu gong bo wu yuan (China). 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. p. 130-144

Yang, Xin, Chengru Zhu, and Peter Keller. Secret world of the Forbidden City: splendors from China's Imperial Palace. Santa Ana, Calif: The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2000. p. 27-28, 87-92

Dickinson, Gary, and Linda Wrigglesworth. Imperial Wardrobe. Berkeley, Calif: Ten Speed Press, 2000. p. 20-26

Jacobsen, Robert D., Evan M. Maurer, Robert Fogt, and Gary Mortensen. Imperial Silks: Ch'ing Dynasty Textiles in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. 2000. p. 341-349

Vollmer, John. Ruling from the Dragon Throne: Costume of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2002. p. 85-88

Christie's Hong Kong. The imperial sale, fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. Hong Kong: Christie's, 2002. p. 149, Lot no. 587

Sotheby's (Firm). Fine Chinese ceramics: including export art. London: Sotheby's, 2002. p. 17, Lot no. 17

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.

Lemon, Jane. Metal Thread Embroidery. London: Batsford, 2004. p. 15

Gu gong bo wu yuan (China), and Qixian Xu. Gong ting zhen bao. Xianggang: Shang wu yin shu guan, 2004.

Ho, Chuimei, and Bennet Bronson. Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong. London: Merrell, 2004. p. 110-119

Sotheby's (Firm). Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art: Including Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Robert & Molly Hsieh. New York: Sotheby's, 2004. p. 173, Lot no. 554

Rawski, Evelyn Sakakida, and Jessica Rawson. China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2005. p. 156-167, 404

Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. New York: Christie's, 2006. p. 82-83, Lot no. 282

Sotheby's Hong Kong, Ltd. Qianlong: sovereign, warrior, patron. Hong Kong: Sotheby's, 2006. p. 130-135, Lot no. 1539

Sotheby's (Firm). Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. 2007. p. 284-285, Lot no. 487

Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. The Imperial Wardrobe: Fine Chinese Costume and Textiles from the Linda Wrigglesworth Collection. New York: Christie, Manson & Woods International, 2008. p. 80-81, Lot no. 40

Sotheby's Hong Kong, Ltd. Legacies of the imperial power: treasures from the imperial collection. Hong Kong: Sotheby's, 2008. p. 78-83, Lot no. 2206

Bonhams & Butterfields. Fine Asian Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams & Butterfields, 2009. Lot no. 8124

Wilson, Ming. Imperial Chinese Robes: From the Forbidden City. London: V & A Pub, 2010. p. 61-65

Bonhams & Butterfields. Fine Asian Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams & Butterfields, 2010. p. 21, Lot no. 5024

Sotheby's (Firm). Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. London: Sotheby's, 2011. p. 190, Lot no. 250

Christie's South Kensington, Ltd. Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles. London: Christie's South Kensington, Ltd, 2012. p. 23, Lot no. 1045

Robinson, H. Russell. Oriental Armour. Dover Publications, 2013. . p. 126-166

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. p. 353-392 www.jstor.org

Bonhams (Firm : 2001). Fine Chinese Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams, 2013. p. 124-125, Lot no. 8252

Li, Jian, Li He, Hou-mei Sung, and Ma Shengnan. Forbidden city: imperial treasures from the Palace Museum, Beijing. 2014. p. 48-49, 54-55

Bonhams (Firm : 2001). Fine Chinese Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams, 2014. p. 92-93, Lot no. 8155

Bonhams (Firm : 2001). Fine Chinese Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams, 2014. p. 94-95, Lot no. 8157

Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. 2017. p. 60-63, Lot no. 939

Garrett, Valery M. Chinese Dress: From the Qing Dynasty to the Present Day. 2019. p. 26-31, 34

Feng, Linying. Qing dai gong ting fu shi. 2019. p. 110-124

Twitchett, Denis Crispin, and John King Fairbank. The Cambridge History of China. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1978.

La Rocca, Donald J. "Asian Arms and Armour at the Met." Arts of Asia. March-April 2019. Arts of Asia. [Kowloon, Hong Kong]: [Arts of Asia Publications]. p. 58-69

Christie, Manson & Woods. Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. 2019. p. 142, Lot no. 186

Christie, Manson & Woods. Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. 2019. p. 143, Lot no. 187

Exhibition history

Korean Pottery, a Few Textiles, and Paintings (Gallery X). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 21-October 3, 1921).

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