Textile with Aquatic Birds and Recumbent Animal

Eastern Central Asia or North China

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The free arrangement of animals on a rhythmic background of geometric leafs is typical of Eastern Central Asian textiles of the eleventh to the thirteenth century. The design is also seen on Chinese tapestries of the period. A similar example was excavated from the burial pagoda of a Buddhist monk, Haiyun (1203–1257), in Beijing, attesting to the strong ties between Chinese and Central Asian textiles at the time.

Textile with Aquatic Birds and Recumbent Animal, Silk tapestry (kesi), Eastern Central Asia or North China

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Textile with Aquatic Birds and Recumbent Animal, Silk tapestry (kesi), Eastern Central Asia or North China
Textile with Aquatic Birds and Recumbent Animal, Silk tapestry (kesi), Eastern Central Asia or North China
Textile with Aquatic Birds and Recumbent Animal, Silk tapestry (kesi), Eastern Central Asia or North China
Textile with Aquatic Birds and Recumbent Animal, Silk tapestry (kesi), Eastern Central Asia or North China
Textile with Aquatic Birds and Recumbent Animal, Silk tapestry (kesi), Eastern Central Asia or North China

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