CHOSON PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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AN EMBROIDERED SILK COURT OFFICIAL'S RANK APRON
choson period (19th century)
The red panel embroidered with eight rectangular reserves of pairs of flying cranes, rendered in white, yellow and navy, surrounded by colored clouds and flowers within frames of green and pink double-lines and flowers, also embroidered at the top and bottom in pink, fuschia and green with linked oval chains enclosing wanja (svastika) and a band of lotus or clouds, the ground of the panel red silk; fitted at the bottom with a fringe of knotted string dyed blue, mounted on brocade and framed and glazed
21¾ x 9 5/8in. (54 x 24.5cm.)
choson period (19th century)
The red panel embroidered with eight rectangular reserves of pairs of flying cranes, rendered in white, yellow and navy, surrounded by colored clouds and flowers within frames of green and pink double-lines and flowers, also embroidered at the top and bottom in pink, fuschia and green with linked oval chains enclosing wanja (svastika) and a band of lotus or clouds, the ground of the panel red silk; fitted at the bottom with a fringe of knotted string dyed blue, mounted on brocade and framed and glazed
21¾ x 9 5/8in. (54 x 24.5cm.)