Vestment for a First-Degree Taoist Priest
Han-Chinese · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century; inscribed 1793
Provenance
Ownership history
- Mrs. Alexander F. Stevenson (1857-1934; born Jeannie Brayton), Chicago, by Nov. 1907 [Ledger Book 1900-1913, 245-246; Antiquarian Society Year Book, 1980, 24-25]; given through the Antiquarian Society to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1907.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- 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.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9772/on-loss-and-absence-textiles-of-mourning-and-survival"><em>On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival</em></a>, Sept. 6, 2025–Mar. 15, 2026, cat.
Literature
Published references
- The Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago Year Book (1908): 24-25.
- 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): 7, 41-3, 69, 84, cat. 47, plate XXV (ill.).
- Jen Chen-su Huang, "For Eighteen Looped Clouds," in On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival, eds. Isaac Facio, Nneka Kai, L Vinebaum, and Anne Wilson, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2025), 80-85, figs. 1-6 (ill.).
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