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[Boy on Lion Statue]

Description: Photograph of a boy atop a lion statue in the Yu Garden of Shanghai, China. In the foreground, a boy poses atop one of two guardian lion statues in front of a passageway. Two women and a man stand nearby the boy. A white wall with the passageway is visible behind the boy.
Date: June 1984
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Buddha]

Description: Photograph of the Longmen Caves in Luoyang, China. A stone Buddha figure is visible in the foreground surrounded by smaller stone figures. The wall behind the figures is carved and painted.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Buddha]

Description: Photograph of a stone Buddha in the Longmen Caves of Luoyang, China. The top of the frame is hidden in shadow. The Buddha is surrounded by smaller stone figures.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Building Detail]

Description: Photograph of a building in the Yu Garden of Shanghai, China. Two trees intersect the foreground; behind the trees, the roof and carved details of the building are visible. lanterns hang behind the carvings and columns. An intricate statue of a battle scene is visible on the left side of the roof.
Date: June 1984
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Cave Entrance]

Description: Photograph of the entrance to caves along the Li River in Guilin, China. A large rocky cliff is visible in the foreground. Two small wooden boats are visible at an opening in the rock.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Cave Entrance]

Description: Photograph of the cave entrance into Folded Brocade Hill in Guilin, China. Numerous people are visible in front of and within the cave entrance. The rocky hillside is visible in the top foreground. Trees grow out of the hillside.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Ceiling Detail]

Description: Photograph of a painted ceiling in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China. Three red columns are visible in the foreground. The painted structure beams of the ceiling are visible beyond the columns.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Ceramics Factory]

Description: Photograph of a Chinese ceramics factory. In the foreground, vases and dishes are laid out on wooden racks. Terracotta vessels are piled up in woven baskets in the center. Two people stand in front of a kiln in back. More racks are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Ceramics Workshop]

Description: Photograph of a ceramics workshop in China. A row of pitchers are visible on a table in the foreground. A woman sits behind the table painting one of the pitchers. Other tables and workers are visible behind her.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Child Climbing Lion]

Description: Photograph of a child climbing a lion statue in the Yu Garden of Shanghai, China. In the foreground, the child climbs with the help of an older man as other people watch. A tree in front of a red building is visible in the background.
Date: June 1984
Creator: Gough, Ray

Children's shoes

Description: Pair of children's shoes from China. Designed with straight last, rounded toe with small point at tip and at heel. Upper of pink/mauve brocade with Chinese symbols in yellow, green/gold, and white. Edged in dark blue around opening, and the panels bordered in black bands. Front of each shoe with applied stylized mask form with eyes, eyebrows, and nose embroidered in various colors, mustache along upper lip with trailing ends of red, yellow, green, blue, etc. Narrow vertical brocade band of Chin… more
Date: 1900/1960

[Circular Doorway]

Description: Photograph of a circular doorway within the Lingyin Temple of Hangzhou, China. The doorway is visible in the foreground connected to a white wall within a brick paved room. Through the doorway, a man is visible walking along a brick path. A red wall and trees are visible in the background.
Date: June 1984
Creator: Gough, Ray

Coat

Description: Coat of navy-blue silk satin with embroidery in polychrome silks. Round neck, opens down center front, long kimono sleeves, side slits at hem. All the embroidery on the body of the coat is in flower motifs worked in satin stitch. Round embroidery medallions at the center front, center back, over both shoulders and 4 at the hem. Scattered all-over are other smaller motifs. The round neck, the bottom of the sleeves and the hem are decorated with a band of blue embroidery and a woven ribbon trimmi… more
Date: 1850/1919

[Construction Scaffolding]

Description: Photograph of construction scaffolding in Hangzhou, China. A bamboo fence crosses the foreground. Through the break in the fence, a bamboo ramp leads up to scaffolding. Trees are visible in the background behind the construction site.
Date: June 1984
Creator: Gough, Ray

Court robe

Description: Hand sewn long Chinese court robe in unlined brown silk embroidered with geometric designs and gold dragons. Fitted sleeves end in rounded. flared cuffs. Left front to right side closure with loop and round. patterned. gold colored metal buttons.
Date: 1880/1912

Court vest

Description: Chinese floor-length vest made in the same style as a court robe but sleeveless. Mandarin collar. Body of vest is brocaded silk. Trim and collar contain much and fine silk hand embroidered design motifs.
Date: 1880/1920

[Curvy Trees]

Description: Photograph of three curvy trees in the botanical gardens of Hangzhou, China. The trees are evenly spaced in the foreground. A white wall is visible behind the trees.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Deer Carving]

Description: Photograph of a deer carving in the Yu Garden of Shanghai, China. The carving is inset into a stone wall with a protective black frame. In the background, wooden beams and greenery are visible through the carving.
Date: June 1984
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Doorway]

Description: Photograph of a doorway in the Yu Garden of Shanghai, China. The doorway is seen at the end of a white hallway. A small vessel is visible in the foreground in front of the doorway.
Date: June 1984
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Dragon Wall]

Description: Photograph of the Yu Garden in Shanghai, China. In the foreground, a large decorative rock sits in front of a white wall. The wall is topped with decorative carvings depicting a large dragon head. In the background, a roofline and trees are visible.
Date: June 1984
Creator: Gough, Ray

Ensemble

Description: Chinese ensemble of blue silk with multi-colored embroidery. A) Jacket/Bodice. Knee-length, A-line, standing collar, long sleeves with white cuffs embroidered with scenes of Chinese people in various situations. Center front opening with black frogs fastened with spherical gold buttons. Wide band at collar and part of front opening, and hem with embroidery of figures on brown ground. Field of jacket with large multi-colored embroidered flowers and butterflies. B) Pants. Matching. Drawstring … more
Date: 1911/1930

Festival ensemble

Description: Miao People, Thailand/Laos, Festival Outfit A) Jacket. Jacket of black cotton, waist length, with standing collar. Front opening with no closure, worn with sides overlapping and forming "V" neckline. Standing collar faced with machine-embroidered ribbon of black ground with purple-ish flower blossoms with yellow centers, blue vines, and green leaves. This band continues along edge of opening to about 9 1/4" above hem. From that point to hem on each side of opening a different band is used, of … more
Date: 1970/2000
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