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Length of silk
Chinese
Ming dynasty
late 16th century
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave ground with silk and silver paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions
Height x width: 44 x 26.5 cm (17 5/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number26.198
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLength of silk with design of repeating flower and vase motif alternating with empty bowl motif in green silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a dark blue silk twill-weave ground.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on November 4, 1926