Detail View: The AMICA Library: Chuba
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1987.147
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Costume and Jewelry
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Chinese
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Title:
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Chuba
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Back View
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Creation Date:
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Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 17th century
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Creation Start Date:
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1644
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Creation End Date:
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1699
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Materials and Techniques:
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Cut velvet with patterned wefts of multicolored silks, gold-wrapped silk, and peacock-feather filaments
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Classification Term:
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Textiles
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Dimensions:
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W. 55 in. (139.7 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1987.147
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1987
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Rights:
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Context:
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This 'chuba' (aristocrat's robe) was converted from a Chinese velvet robe of the early seventeenth century-a common practice in Tibet. It is not possible in most cases to estimate the date of the making of a 'chuba,' as a Chinese robe might have been in a Tibetan collection for a long period before being retailored into a Tibetan garment. The cut velvet is dark blue with patterned wefts of red, orange, green, blue (two shades), yellow, and white silks and with paired metal-wrapped silk yarns and silks wrapped with peacock (or Siamese fighting cock) filaments tied to its surface. It is something of a tour de force in weaving. On one side of the robe is a single dragon holding a pearl in its claws; on the other side is a pair of facing dragons with a flaming pearl between their open mouths. They are set against a background of 'five-color auspicious clouds' above rocky mountains rising from of the sea, where various Buddhist symbols appear among the waves. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.as1987.147.AV1.tif
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