Sujet
Pair of Boots, 907-1125. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Pair of Boots, 907-1125. This magnificent pair of boots, made of finely woven silk tapestry ( kesi ), features two phoenixes in flight chasing a flaming pearl. Although the bright colours of the fabric have become muted from being buried in a tomb and the gold threads are partly disintegrated, the once lavish use of gold and the Chinese-inspired phoenix motif suggest that the boots were made for a member of the Liao imperial family, probably a woman. At the time the boots were made in the Khitan-occupied territory in northern China, footbinding was introduced among upper-class women in southern China. The high value the Khitan people accorded to boots relates to their mobile, seminomadic lifestyle.
Date
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Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F97_471
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
117,9Mo (5,1Mo) / 64,7cm x 45,7cm / 7642 x 5392 (300dpi)