Child’s Coat with Ducks in Pearl Medallions
Unknown Artist
700s
Medium
Silk: weft-faced compound twill weave (samite)
Dimensions
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Classification
Garment
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1996.2.1
About this artwork
The coat’s outer fabric is woven in five brilliant colors featuring paired ducks in pearl roundels, hallmarks of the precious and highly desired silks from Sogdia. The coat’s inner lining is a twill damask with a floral pattern made in China. The combination of Sogdian and Chinese silks in one garment with Tibetan ownership history is evidence of the vital exchange and cultural interaction among the peoples living along the trade routes of the Silk Road.This precious coat was presumably made for...