id:			157441
accession number:	1994.293
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.293
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:53.554000

Brocade with Lotus Flowers, 1200s–mid-1300s. Northern China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Silk: tabby, brocaded; gold thread; overall: 58.4 x 67 cm (23 x 26 3/8 in.); mounted: 68.6 x 77.5 cm (27 x 30 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1994.293

title:				Brocade with Lotus Flowers
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creation date:			1200s–mid-1300s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1350
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Northern China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
technique:	Silk: tabby, brocaded; gold thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 58.4 x 67 cm (23 x 26 3/8 in.); Mounted: 68.6 x 77.5 cm (27 x 30 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art
	opening date:   1997-10-19T00:00:00
	<i>When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998).

	title:		The World of Kubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty
	opening date:   2010-09-20T00:00:00
	<i>The World of Kubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 20, 2010-January 2, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Dr. Friedrich Spuhler, Berlin, Germany, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1994
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1994–
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wall description:
The tradition of brocade weaving in northern China continued after the Mongol conquest. However, the arrival of eastern Iranian craftsmen affected both the design and the structure of the brocades: patterns became symmetrical and paired warps replaced single warps. Both of these modifications can be observed in this example. At the same time, however, the Jin tradition of floating foundation wefts across the back sides of the brocaded areas continued. Brocades such as this may have been woven in Hongzhou (in Hebei province), where weavers from both western Asia and from the former Jin capital, Bianjing, are known to have worked together.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. <em>When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 33, pp. 122-123; Reproduced: p. 123 and p. 122 (detail)
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	Watt, James C. Y., and Maxwell K. Hearn. <em>The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 268, p. 253
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	Pomper, Linda Rosenfeld. "New Perspectives on Kinrande." <em>Arts of Asia</em>. 44, no. 5 (2014): 73-82.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 4, p. 75
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