Purse. Green silk damask with floral design and polychrome embroidery in silk and golden metal wrapped thread. "Shuang-Hsi" embroidered characters meaning double joy which symbolize marital status. Orange silk draw string and tassels. 21cm x 22cm x 4.5cm
Donor:
Estate of Margaret Hampson
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Purses (drawstringed accessories)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes