AN EMBROIDERED SILK PART RANK APRON

细节

AN EMBROIDERED SILK PART RANK APRON
CHOSON DYNASTY (18TH CENTURY)

The long, rectangular panel embroidered with two brilliant blue and four white cranes set against blue and white clouds within flower and tassel borders, this center panel below two bands of clouds and religious symbols (Sanskrit: svastika) within a thick embroidered chain against which lay the original gilt or silver rings, now absent and their markings on the textile visible, and the center panel above a further svastika and chain band and another band of scrolling vines, all on a ground of pale orange silk and suspending a long knotted and fringed panel of navy silk- 30 x 11 in. (76.2 x 27.8 cm.)

拍品专文

These embroidered silk panels were made for civil ministers of the highest rank for use at important court ceremonies. They were suspended from a separate black-bordered, white figured-silk frame (an allusion to a doorway frame) and were applied with two metal rings above either blue crane, the gilt or silver ring further signifying the individual's rank. The ensemble was tied around the waist and hung on the back of the court costume. For an example of the complete rank apron see Huh Dong Hwa, The Collection of Traditional Embroideries in Korea (Tokyo: Dohosha, 1982), pl. 87 and Whang Ji Hyun, Cha Su, die Kunst der Koreanischen Stickerei, Sammlung Huh Dong Hwa, Seoul, Musem fur Koreanische Stickerei (Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst der Stadt Koln, 1987), no. 91