金 綠地獵鵝紋織金絹|Textile with Swan Hunt

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12th–13th century · Plain-weave silk brocaded with gold-leaf wrapped leather strips · Asian Art

Hunting swans with a falcon was an important annual autumnal event for nomadic people such as the Jurchen rulers of the Jin dynasty, one of several rulers who controlled much of northern China from the tenth to the fourteenth century. Illustrations of this important seasonal event are found in textiles, jade, and ceramics. Historical texts record that Jurchen noblemen wore green silk robes with this motif during hunts. This piece is perhaps a fragment from such a robe.

Artist

Unknown

Date

12th–13th century

Medium

Plain-weave silk brocaded with gold-leaf wrapped leather strips

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Ann Eden Woodward Foundation Gift and Rogers Fund, 1989