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Chinese Textile	Ming dynasty	T380
9 1/2" x 7 1/4"        (1368-1644)

Repeating chrysanthemums decorate this textile.  The circular repeats formed by the floral stmes and leaves are typical  ...
Chinese Textile Ming dynasty T380
9 1/2" x 7 1/4" (1368-1644)

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.

price:  POR