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Textile with Horned Animals in a Pearl Roundel

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The object is a framed textile fragment. The frame is thin and beige. The textile is light brown and rectangular, but the top and bottom edges are uneven and frayed. The textile has a large circular design in the center and a smaller one below it. The designs are outlined in dark green and feature various geometric shapes, including circles, squares, and triangles. There are also some floral or leaf-like motifs. Inside the circular designs are horned animals. The animals have their heads facing outwards and have two visible horns on their heads. The animals are also depicted in dark green. The background of the image behind the frame is white.

Artwork details

Date:
7th–9th century
Medium:
Weft-faced compound silk twill
Culture:
China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Central Asia)
Dimensions:
487 × 625 px
Museum record:
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