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Tapestry fragment with bird, beast, and peonies
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 10th - 12th century (AD 901 - 1200)
- Material and technique
- silk, tapestry woven (kesi) with metal-wrapped silk supported on paper or animal product
- Dimensions
- 25 x 13 cm (height x width)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum, 1995.
- Accession no.
- EA1995.71
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Silk. A Cultural History (London: The British Museum Press, 2004), p. 131, illus. p. 131 fig. 84
Location
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- currently in research collection
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