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Translation of the Chinese text: " Winter court hat chaoguan for the Empress Dowager and Empress/In accordance with the decree of the present dynasty:/The winter hat of the Empress Dowager and Empress is made of sable fur, adorned above with rows of red floss silk tassels. There are three levels to the finial on top, each level separated by one eastern pearl [a freshwater pearl from Songhuajiang, Manchuria, also called "northern pearls"] supported by one golden phoenix (which are themselves each adorned with three eastern pearls, and 17 precious pearls), and the finial top is a great eastern pearl. The red floss silk tassels above are adorned with golden phoenix, seven in numbers,... [text continued on left leaf, 2004.19.1.1.60]"

(Translated and transcribed by Lisa Claypool, Ed., China’s Imperial Modern: The Painter’s Craft, Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta Museums, 2012, p. 102)

On the reverse of the piece "(7)" is handwritten in pencil on the upper left corner. Below the pencil number are two black ink markings.