Repeating chrysanthemums decorate this textile. The circular repeats formed by the floral stmes and leaves are typical of 16th century Ming textile art.

Structure: Silk brocade woven with gold foil strips.

Condition: Fragment. Probably originally a sleeveband.

References: See Feng Zhao, Treasures in Silk, Hangzhou 1999, 07.00h, p. 212 and James c. y. Watt and Ann e. Wardell,When Silk Was Gold, New York 1997, plate 63, page 208.