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Blue silk rectangle with dragon’s foot, clouds, and flowers

This medium-blue woven silk tapestry fragment is decorated with clouds and flowers. The clouds are long, swirling shapes woven in various shades of blue. Interspersed among the clouds are large white blossoms with green leaves. One flower appears to grow out of a white object resembling a vase or pot. Long, curving blue leaf-like appendages extend from the white pot. In the upper left corner, we see the clawed foot and golden scales of a dragon.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.490
Title
Rectangular Silk Fragment Depicting a Portion of a Five-Clawed Dragon amid Clouds and Auspicious Symbols
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215506

Physical Descriptions

Medium
'Kesi' silk tapestry fragment

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.490
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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