Mantle of Buddhist Monk
Silk
Mantle of Buddhist Monk (detail)
Mantle of Buddhist Monk
CHINA; Yuan dynasty
This mantle was made in gold-wefted brocade, in a style also known as Nashishi, meaning gold brocade.
The mantle is 43 cm long, 70 cm wide at the shoulder, and 78.5 cm wide at the chest. The cut resembles a lotus leaf, with the outer layers embroidered with small images of phoenixes and lotus flowers. The border consists of a band in light green. The two ribbons decorated with phoenixes followed by downward-pointing colored chevrons are 42 cm long and 6.8 cm wide.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 184.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mantle of Buddhist Monk." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 184.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Mantle of Buddhist Monk" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:184.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Mantle of Buddhist Monk. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 184).
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