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English: RH3571, Textile Fragment. 27 x 29.5 in (69 x 75 cm). 14th/17th Century. Published in Threads of Imagination, Spink Catalog 1999, pl 16. A panel of silk brocade, woven with a hexagonal lattice enclosing pink, white, and yellow flowers including peonies and lotus, woven with a gilt outline against a sea-green ground. Ming Dynasty. $6,000.


Ming brocades were sought after the world over, their eye-pleasing patterns making their way to the viceroyalties of Mexico and Peru, India, Turkey, western Europe and Japan where they influenced local weaving motifs and techniques (RH3571, RH3570).
Date 14th to 17th century
Source http://www.hali.com/news/hollander-collection-chinese-central-asian-silk-textiles-online-exhibition-sale/
Author Unknown Chinese weaver. Photo by gallery.
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