Harvard Art Museums > 2005.16: Rectangular Textile with Decoration of Paired Parrots in Ogival Medallions, the Medallions Set Against a Ground of Densely Scrolling Foliage and Stylized Blossoms Textile Arts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Rectangular Textile with Decoration of Paired Parrots in Ogival Medallions, the Medallions Set Against a Ground of Densely Scrolling Foliage and Stylized Blossoms , 2005.16,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/20956. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2005.16 Title Rectangular Textile with Decoration of Paired Parrots in Ogival Medallions, the Medallions Set Against a Ground of Densely Scrolling Foliage and Stylized Blossoms Classification Textile Arts Work Type textile Date 1279 - 1368 Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/20956 Physical Descriptions Medium Silk brocade: medium green silk ground of dyed yarns in tabby weave (possibly in lampas weave), the ground interwoven in brocade with strips of double-layered paper faced with gold leaf (possibly on a ground of red bole) Technique Brocade Dimensions H. 54.6 x W. 61.5 cm (21 1/2 x 24 3/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History E.M. Soudavar, Geneva Switzerland Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. E. M. Soudavar in honor of Dr. Tom Lentz Accession Year 2005 Object Number 2005.16 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Linda Komaroff, ed., The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353, exh. cat., Yale University Press (New Haven, CT, 2002), p. 29, fig. 25; p. 284, no. 186 Massumeh Farhad and Mary McWilliams, ed., A Collector’s Passion: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar and Persian Lacquer, Harvard Art Museums and Freer/Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution (Cambridge, MA/Washington, D.C., 2017), pp. 18-19, ill. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
