IDENTIFIERS
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id:	190490
accession number:	T.3-1978

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Thursday 3 January 2013
updated:	Tuesday 17 October 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Silk.   Tapestry weave (kesi) in polychrome silks and two shades of gold-wrapped thread with some painted details. 
Nine five-clawed dragons each pursuing a flaming pearl provide the main decoration; in addition various lucky symbols.   Along the hem of the robe Mt. Sumeru, the Buddhist Sacred Mountain, rises from the sea on which float some of the Eight Precious Objects.
title:	Dragon robe

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Dr. Sydney Smith, St. Catherine's College

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/190490





CATEGORIES
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category: textiles

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1849
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1849
culture:	18th Century-19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown