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

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

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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.

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