Ⓦ A RARE SOUTH-WEST CHINESE CUIRASS (PIXIONGJIA), YI OR NUOSU PEOPLE (LOLO), 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Ⓦ A RARE SOUTH-WEST CHINESE CUIRASS (PIXIONGJIA), YI OR NUOSU PEOPLE (LOLO), 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
of lacquered hide, formed of a broad top plate front and back, each with two smaller plates beneath carrying a skirt of rectangular plates arranged in six alternating red and yellow rows, the larger plates decorated with yellow lacquer on a red ground (small chips and losses), all retained by raw hide laces and straps and with a decorative tassel front and back
49.0 cm; 19 1/4 in high
Provenance
Acher Eskanazy, 2003
A related example is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 20.142) and another in the British Museum (no. As1921,1029.1).
Yi armour is traditionally made from Southern Yellow cattle hide, an indigenous breed in Southern China and Vietnam. It has been suggested that the Southern Clans of Nuoso society decorated their armour with black and yellow motifs. See Bussière 2003.
All proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
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Ⓦ A RARE SOUTH-WEST CHINESE CUIRASS (PIXIONGJIA), YI OR NUOSU PEOPLE (LOLO), 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
of lacquered hide, formed of a broad top plate front and back, each with two smaller plates beneath carrying a skirt of rectangular plates arranged in six alternating red and yellow rows, the larger plates decorated with yellow lacquer on a red ground (small chips and losses), all retained by raw hide laces and straps and with a decorative tassel front and back
49.0 cm; 19 1/4 in high
Provenance
Acher Eskanazy, 2003
A related example is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 20.142) and another in the British Museum (no. As1921,1029.1).
Yi armour is traditionally made from Southern Yellow cattle hide, an indigenous breed in Southern China and Vietnam. It has been suggested that the Southern Clans of Nuoso society decorated their armour with black and yellow motifs. See Bussière 2003.
All proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection