Brocade with Djeiran Gazing at the Moon
1115–1234
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Brocade with Djeiran Gazing at the Moon, 1115–1234. China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Silk and gold thread; tabby, brocaded; overall: 109.8 x 38.5 cm (43 1/4 x 15 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1991.4 The gold-brocaded pattern is repeated in staggered rows with alternating orientations.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Silk and gold thread; tabby, brocaded
- Dimensions
- Overall: 109.8 x 38.5 cm (43 1/4 x 15 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1991.4
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art, The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256-1353
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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