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Chinese Mandarin Squares

illustrated landscape with a bird, building, and statue

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  • cloth square with image of hsieh-chai, or a Chinese supernatural goat-like creature with one horn

    19th century Judge's or Censorate's Mandarin Square featuring a hsieh-chai (1944.03.0033).

  • cloth square depicting a bird standing on a rock and surrounded by Buddhist symbols like the infinite knot, wheel of law, lotus

    Mandarin Square featuring a Wild Goose or Egret (1944.03.0097A).

  • cloth square depicting a bird standing on a rock and surrounded by Buddhist symbols like the infinite knot, wheel of law, lotus

    Mandarin Square featuring a Wild Goose or Egret (1944.03.0097B).

  • cloth square with image of hsieh-chai, or a Chinese supernatural goat-like creature with one horn

    19th century Judge's or Censorate's Mandarin Square featuring a hsieh-chai (1944.03.0101).

  • cloth square depicting a peacock surrounded by buddhist symbols such as the lotus, intriciate knot, golden fish

    Ming or Qing Dynasty 3rd or 4th rank civil official's mandarin square featuring a Peacock (1998.06.0218C).

  • robe featuring a cloth square that depicts a bird, with tassels on the end

    Theatrical costume featuring a mandarin square traditionally reserved for the robes of certain government officials during the Ming or Qing Dynasty. (1957.02.0004).