Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest)

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Textiles

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1825/75

China

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest)
Place: China (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1825–1875
Medium: Silk, satin weaves; embroidered with silk, silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laid work and couching; ties: silk, satin weave; lined with silk, twill damask
Dimensions: 135.2 × 189.3 cm (53 1/4 × 74 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Samuel M. Nickerson Fund
Reference Number: 1947.514
IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Learn more.: https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/60877/manifest.json

Jack Sewell, Ming-Ch’ing Dynasties a.d. 1368-1644/a.d. 1644-1912, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1964), np. (ill.)
Stephen Little with Shawn Eichman, Taoism and the Arts of China, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2000), 195-198, cat. 48 (ill.).
John E. Vollmer, et al., “Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago,” published in conjunction with the exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26, no. 2 (2000): cover, 67, cat. 44 (ill.).

Art Institute of Chicago, Ming-Ch’ing Dynasties a.d. 1368-1644/a.d. 1644-1912, Aug. 7-Oct. 11, 1964, cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, Taoism and the Arts of China, Nov. 2000-Jan, 7, 2001, Nov. 4, 2000-Jan. 7, 2001, cat. 48; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Feb. 21-May 13, 2001.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Asian Art, Gallery 108, Jan. 13-Apr. 22, 2004.

Pauline Benton, New York, by Oct. 24, 1947 [Incoming receipt R9083, Oct. 24, 1987; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1947.

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.

Suggested Terms

See all hours

Currently Off View

Date:

Artist:

About this artwork

Status

Department

Title

Place

Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Medium

Dimensions

Credit Line

Reference Number

IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Learn more.

Extended information about this artwork

Publication History

Exhibition History

Provenance

Share

Explore Further

Sign up for our enewsletter to receive updates.

Gallery actions

Image actions

Share

IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world.

Learn more.