id:			165310
accession number:	2007.216
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2007.216
updated:		2020-11-04 21:59:44.003000

Tibetan Man's Robe, Chuba, late 1600s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi period (1662-1772). Silk, gilt-metal thread of two kinds: satin weave with supplementary weft patterning; width across shoulders: 189.9 cm (74 3/4 in.); length back of neck to hem: 152.4 cm (60 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2007.216

title:				Tibetan Man's Robe, Chuba
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creation date:			late 1600s
creation date earliest:		1650
creation date latest:		1699
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creditline:			Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi period (1662-1772)
technique:	Silk, gilt-metal thread of two kinds: satin weave with supplementary weft patterning
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Garment
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measurements: width across shoulders: 189.9 cm (74 3/4 in.); length back of neck to hem: 152.4 cm (60 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2018-02-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 5-August 12, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
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.<br><br>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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Vollmer, John, Thierry Prat, and Richard Sheppard. 2003. <em>Silks for Thrones and Altars : Chinese Costumes and Textiles : From the Liao through the Qing Dynasty</em>. Paris: Myrna Myers.
	page number: 	92
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	The Asian Art Newspaper. "The Splendor of Chinese Textiles: From the Silk Road to the Imperial Court." The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries 21, no. 6 (Summer 2018): 25.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 25
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	Spee, Clarissa von. "From the SIlk Road to the Imperial Court: Chinese Textiles in the Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>Arts of Asia</em> 48, no. 3(May-June 2018): 50-56.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 53, fig. 4
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