Collection record · Dress & textiles
Tibetan Man's Robe, Chuba
The collection record classifies this work as garment. It is dated late 1600s. Recorded culture or place: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi period (1662-1772).
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- Museum title
- Tibetan Man's Robe, Chuba
- Date
- late 1600s
- Culture / origin
- China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi period (1662-1772)
- Materials and technique
- Silk, gilt-metal thread of two kinds: satin weave with supplementary weft patterning
- Dimensions
- width across shoulders: 189.9 cm (74 3/4 in.); length back of neck to hem: 152.4 cm (60 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 2007.216
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This magnificent robe for a Tibetan lama or an aristocrat was originally a Chinese imperial wall hanging. Tibetan tailors cut it into 60 separate units, reassembling the fabric for a completely new and bold design. The wearer of such a garment must have impressed bystanders by his striking appearance. What you see here is the robe’s back side.
Textiles played an important role in Chinese diplomacy with foreign governments. Diplomatic gifts of silk served to pacify border populations and to maintain balanced power relationships. Over centuries the Chinese court endeavored to keep a stable relationship with powerful Tibetan Buddhists. During the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) the Chinese court began to send gifts of court garments and furnishings to Tibet where they were altered to create Tibetan-style robes.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund · CC0
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