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Latest revision as of 07:57, 7 September 2022
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.
MFA 1999.128 Silk samite © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
MFA 1999.128 Silk samite, detail © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Summary of results
MFA 1999.128 Silk samite, China, Analysis result, by Dr. X. Zhang at Boston University, 2009
Links to details information of dye sources.
Pagoda tree buds Madder root Safflower
References
[1] https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/length-of-fabric-128274