Manchu

Panel

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1775/1800

Center: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave (kossu); painted; inner tape: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; outer tape: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by complementary ground weft floats; edged with cotton, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; glazed; backed with cotton, plain weave

167 × 73.8 cm (65.7 × 29.1 in)