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Canopy with Dragon Among Flowers

late 1100s

China, Center: Southern Song dynasty (1127-1270) Border: Ming dynasty

(1368-1644)

Center: silk, gold; tapestry weave (kesi) Border: silk, gold; lampas

Overall: 87 x 84.5 cm (34 1/4 x 33 1/4 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1995.1

Location

not on view

Description

This rare silk tapestry in the center, incorporates Central Asian and Chinese influence. The golden dragon on a ground of flowers is Central Asian, as are the dragon’s upturned snout, flaming mane, and antlers. The serpent-like treatment of the dragon’s body, however, is Chinese in style. The fineness of the silk threads, weaving, and flat gold thread gilded on both sides indicates imperial production. The tapestry was sewn at an unknown time to a later Ming dynasty border with tabs in the corners, probably to serve as a canopy.

Provenance

?–1995

(The Textile Gallery, London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1995–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Shaffer, Daniel. "Marketplace: On the Crest of a Wave." HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles, 43 (February 1989), p. 108. Reproduced: p. 108

Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1997. Mentioned: cat. no. 22, pp. 85-86; Reproduced: cat. no. 22, p. 85

Wardwell, Anne and James C. Watt. "A Meeting of Traditions." HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles, 95 (November 1997), pp. 102–104. Reproduced: fig. 5

Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 52–53

Exhibition history

Gallery 239 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 5, 2013-March 9, 2015).

When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998).

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Canopy with Dragon Among Flowers

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China, Center: Southern Song dynasty (1127-1270) Border: Ming dynasty

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