Chinese Art

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October 31 , 2008

Chinese Art

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Costume ' is the first piece of Chinese art viewed . It is a theatrical headdress costume piece believed to have made during the 1800s . It was given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 1944 as a gift from the United China War Relief . The artist is unknown but the purpose of the piece was to provide costume to theatrical performances . It is a striking headdress that is primarily composed of gold metal . The metal is elaborately carved

to show decoration in the shape of many lines . It also has pieces of the gold metal to the head piece that are in the shape of leaves . The costume piece is accented with red and turquoise decorations that are made from silk , bast fiber , glass and feathers . There are red puff ball type adornments all over the piece and turquoise glass accents are imbedded in the pieces of the gold metal . The red and turquoise are what stand out the most in this piece of art . They give startling contrast to the gold metal . Red seems to be a dominant color among a lot of the other Chinese art that has been viewed

This head piece was probably used as costume in theatrical performances in China during the 1800s . Its size suggests that it was made to actually be worn by a human . The circumference of the base is large enough to sit on top of a person...