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Emperor's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)

Manchu · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1825/50

Provenance

Ownership history

Unknown dealer, Beijing; sold to Lucy Monore Calhoun (1865-1950; born Lucy Monroe; also Mrs. William J. Calhoun), Beijing and Chicago, by Feb. 10, 1913 [purchased in Beijing (then known as Peking) for the Antiquarian Society; Lucy Calhoun letter to Mrs. Hutchinson, Feb. 10, 1913; copy in curatorial object file; Pearlstein 2000, 86]; given through the Antiquarian Society to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1913.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Art Institute of Chicago, Ming Ch'ing, a.d. 1368-1644, a.d. 1644-1912, Aug. 7-Oct. 11 (not in catalogue).
Art Institute of Chicago, The Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago: The First One Hundred Years, Apr. 23-June 19, 1977, cat. 303.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 13, 2000–Jan. 2, 2001, cat. 28.
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 142, The Silk Road and Beyond: Travel, Trade, and Transformation, Oct. 26, 2006–Dec. 19, 2007.

Literature

John W. Keefe, et al., The Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago: The First One Hundred Years, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1977), 236, cat. 303 (detail ill.).
John E. Vollmer, et al., "Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago," published in conjunction with the exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26, no. 2 (2000): 35-36, 61, cat. 28, plate XV (ill.).
Elinor Pearlstein, "Color, Life, and Moment: Early Chicago Collectors of Chinese Textiles," in "Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago," published in conjunction with the exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26, no. 2 (2000).

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