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Fragment of silk fabric
Southern Chinese
Ming dynasty
14th or 15th century
Object Place: Southern, China
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave ground with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions
18 x 17 cm (7 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Gertrude Townsend
Accession Number53.939
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of silk fabric with design of rows of repeating horseshoe motif with flower (peony) base enclosing a flying bird, alternating with stylized flower with crescent leaf in gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a dark green twill-weave silk ground; possibly made for Western market.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Gertrude Townsend to the MFA in 1953