View source for MFA 1999.128, Silk samite, China (12th–14th century)

== Artifact Information ==

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1999.128, Silk samite 59 x 110 cm (23 1/4 x 43 5/16 in.)

The object is a silk samite fabric with repeating pattern of parallel rows of pink peonies encircled by scrolling foliage in green and blue on a reddish-orange ground. [1]. The piece is probably a Song or Yuan dynasty (12th–14th century) samite.


[[File:MFA 1999.128.JPG|center|frame|MFA 1999.128 Silk samite © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ]]


[[File:MFA 1999.128 detail2.JPG|center|frame|MFA 1999.128 Silk samite, detail © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ]]

== Summary of results ==


[[File:MFA 1999.128 result.JPG|center|frame|MFA 1999.128 Silk samite, China, Analysis result, by Dr. X. Zhang at Boston University, 2009  ]]

Links to details information of dye sources.

[http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Pagoda_tree_(Styphnolobium_japonicum)_LC Pagoda tree buds]
[http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Madder_(Rubia_tinctorum)_LC Madder root]
[http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Safflower_(Carthamus_tinctorius)_LC Safflower]

== References ==

[1] https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/length-of-fabric-128274

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