China - Tongzhi period. Monk's patchwork jacket (Bai na yi) sewn from numerous pieces of silk in various colors. Some pieces are embroidered with Buddhist motifs: lotus, Buddha, Guanyin, clouds and so on. Others bear excerpts from Buddhist sutras traced in ink. Many pieces bear the names of the donors. The unbleached cotton lining is inked with the date: the ninth year of Tongzhi (1870) (numerous accidents, in three pieces). Dim. of individual pieces : Height. : 155 cm - Width : 100 cm; Height. : 310 cm - Width : 95 cm; Height. 165 cm - Width 100 cm Expert : Mrs Alice Jossaume, cabinet PORTIER Associés