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Textile with Animals, Birds, and Flowers

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beige fabric with embroidered design featuring colorful flowers, green leaves, and various animals. The animals include a pink deer with white spots on the left, two brown deer with white spots on the right, one upside down and one right side up, and a brown rabbit on the bottom center. There are also several birds scattered throughout, including white, orange, and blue ones. The flowers are in shades of pink, orange, yellow, and white. The background is beige with a thin black border.

Artwork details

Date:
late 12th–14th century
Medium:
Silk embroidery on plain weave silk
Culture:
Eastern Central Asia
Dimensions:
600 × 600 px
Museum record:
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