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Brocade with Hares

1200s–mid-1300s
(1271-1368)
Silk: tabby, brocaded; gold thread
Overall: 26 x 42.8 cm (10 1/4 x 16 7/8 in.)
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Lisbet Holmes 1991.113
Location: not on view
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The motif of the hare among bushes may relate to the hunting activities of the Khitan, the Jurchen, and the Mongols. Hare hunts are recorded in the Liaoshi (History of the Liao Dynasty) and were often reported by envoys returning to China from the northern states. The asymmetry of the image in this textile is characteristic of Jin brocades. However, the paired (instead of single) warps reveal the influence of craftsmen from the eastern Iranian world and therefore dates the textile to the Mongol period.
Brocade with Hares

Brocade with Hares

1200s–mid-1300s

Northern China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

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