Official's ceremonial robe

Dateca. 1900

Label TextThis Mongolian-style robe was tailored from Russian silk, which was probably in circulation because of increased trade and diplomacy between Russia and China during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). It was worn by a Tibetan lay official on the first day of the New Year and during other important government occasions in winter.

Object number72.43

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing [on view Feb. 8, 2020 - July 11, 2021].Published ReferencesFoong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): p. 59, reproduced fig. 20 (installation view).

Credit LineGift of friends in memory of Mrs. Frederick Pipes

Dimensions60 × 78 in. (152.4 × 198.1 cm)

MediumSilk brocade with embroidered borders, velvet, and silver buttons