Textile with Animals, Birds, and Flowers, late 12th–14th century, Eastern Central Asia, Silk embroidery on plain-weave silk, Overall: 14 5/8 x 14 7/8 in. (37.1 x 37.8 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, This textile demonstrates the longevity of motifs in eastern Central Asia. The placement of animals—a spotted horse, a rabbit, and two deer (or antelope)—at its cardinal points is a compositional device that began to appear in the region during the Han dynasty
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Textile, Animals, Birds, Flowers, late 12th–14th century, Eastern Central Asia, Silk embroidery, plain-weave silk, Overall, 14 5/8 x 14 7/8, 37.1 37.8 cm, Textiles-Embroidered, textile, demonstrates, longevity, motifs, eastern Central, Asia, placement, animals— spotted, horse, rabbit, two deer, antelope, —, cardinal points, compositional device, region, Han dynasty
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