Sujet
Cloth of gold with felines and eagles, 1225-1275. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Cloth of gold with felines and eagles, 1225-1275. Mongol taste for luxury was equated with gold, symbol of imperial authority, power, and legitimacy. This splendid cloth of gold-exceptionally large and luxurious-may have enriched the interior of a palace or a majestic tent. The golden pattern, although tarnished on the faded red silk ground, features scalloped medallions with felines whose long tails terminate in dragons? heads amid elegant floral vines. Double-headed eagles form interstitial motifs on the floral ground. A radiant gold-on-gold band of pseudo-Arabic script enriches the top, woven with gold strips wrapped around a silk core on a ground of flat strips of gold, immediately beneath the pattern testing area.
Date
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Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F75_490
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
120,6Mo (8,4Mo) / 44,6cm x 67,7cm / 5267 x 8000 (300dpi)