Period:Unknown Production date:1800-1900
Materials:leather, lacquer,
Technique:lacquered
Dimensions:Height: 62 centimetres Weight: 5.26 kilograms Width: 48.20 centimetres Depth: 24.20 centimetres
Description:
Cuirass, body armour, made of leather, lacquer. Leather cuirass, consisting of a number of plates sewn together, with loose flexible lower border in 6 overlapping layers; lacquer ornament, red, yellow and black.
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![图片[1]-cuirass BM-As1921-1029.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01381311_001.jpg)
Comments:Donald La Rocca has written about this type of armour. The Metropolitan Museum in New York has a related example and also a rare helmet acc. no. 2018.81. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/774458?&searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=Yi+helmet&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1 No indication in Donations Book or Register of how Natural History Museum originally acquired this item.Description from acquisitions register:’Leather cuirass, consisting of a number of plates sewn together, with loose flexible lower border in 6 overlapping layers; lacquer ornament, red, yellow and black.’
Materials:leather, lacquer,
Technique:lacquered
Dimensions:Height: 62 centimetres Weight: 5.26 kilograms Width: 48.20 centimetres Depth: 24.20 centimetres
Description:
Cuirass, body armour, made of leather, lacquer. Leather cuirass, consisting of a number of plates sewn together, with loose flexible lower border in 6 overlapping layers; lacquer ornament, red, yellow and black.
IMG
Comments:Donald La Rocca has written about this type of armour. The Metropolitan Museum in New York has a related example and also a rare helmet acc. no. 2018.81. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/774458?&searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=Yi+helmet&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1 No indication in Donations Book or Register of how Natural History Museum originally acquired this item.Description from acquisitions register:’Leather cuirass, consisting of a number of plates sewn together, with loose flexible lower border in 6 overlapping layers; lacquer ornament, red, yellow and black.’
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