明中期 絲織花紗龍鳳祥雲紋佛經封皮|Sutra cover with dragons and phoenixes amid clouds
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16th century · Plain weave in silk with supplementary weft patterning · Asian Art
Luxury silk features prominently in covers of Buddhist sutras commissioned by the Ming court. Ornamental patterns on these textiles often reflect a standard design from the imperial workshop. Here, dragons, phoenixes, and auspicious clouds are rendered in the same style as those found on sixteenth-century imperial ceramics and lacquerware.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 16th century
- Medium
- Plain weave in silk with supplementary weft patterning
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1946
