- Museum number
- MAS.875
- Description
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These are four pieces originally from the same banner. They include a square fragment which once formed the triangular headpiece, a border of orange plain weave and two streamers. The longer streamer consists of joined pieces of green and blue plain weave (possibly a side streamer), while the shorter one is of green plain weave (possibly a bottom streamer). All the textiles used for the banner are plain weaves without pattern except for one, which has a clamp-resist dyed pattern of floral roundels enclosing paired deer. Another two pieces of a similar clamp-resist dyed pattern are in the British Museum (MAS.874.a-b) and probably also came from this banner. A similar banner in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum has a head infill of plain weave without pattern and a first body panel of clamp-resist dyed plain weave with a pattern of floral roundels enclosing paired deer. The two banners probably came from the same workshop.
Weave structures:
MAS.875: Top panel:
Warp: silk, untwisted, single, 52 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, 42 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave.
MAS.875.A. Top border, orange silk plain weave
Warp: silk, untwisted, single, orange, 35 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, orange, 27 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave.
MAS.875.B. Green silk plain weave
Warp: silk, untwisted, single, green, 34 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, green, 30 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave.
MAS.875.C. Streamer
C-1: Blue silk plain weave
Warp: silk, untwisted, single, blue, 45 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, blue, 32 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave.
C-2. Green silk plain weave
Warp: silk, untwisted, single, green, 52 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, green, 32 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave.
四件殘片來自同一幡,包括一片正方形的夾纈絹(幡頭)、一件橙色絹製成的幡頭斜邊和兩條幡帶,其中較長的一條由綠色絹和藍色絹相連,應該是位於兩側的幡帶,而較短的一件由綠色絹製成,可能是幡腳。除夾纈絹由朵花團窠花樹對鹿絹製成之外,其它織物均爲普通的平紋絹。朵花團窠花樹對鹿夾纈絹與大英博物館所藏斯坦因絲織品中的MAS874兩件長方形殘片相同,但有一側幅邊,寬0.8cm。類似的幡也見於聖彼得堡愛米塔什博物館所藏(Дх55),也是平素的幡頭,幡身中最上部一塊正方形織物爲朵花團窠花樹對鹿夾纈絹。很有可能的是,兩件幡在當時由同一作坊生産。
組織結構:
幡身上部:
經線:絲,無撚,單根排列,52根/cm;緯線:絲,無撚,42根/cm;組織:1/1平紋。
A. 橙色絹幡頭斜邊:
經線:絲,無撚,單根排列,橙色,35根/cm;緯線:絲,無撚,單根排列,橙色,27根/cm;組織:1/1平紋。
B. 綠色絹幡帶:
經線:絲,無撚,單根排列,綠色,34根/cm;緯線:絲,無撚,單根排列,綠色,30根/cm;組織:1/1平紋。
C. 絹幡帶:
C-1. 藍色絹
經線:絲,無撚,單根排列,藍色,45根/cm;緯線:絲,無撚,單根排列,藍色,32根/cm;組織:1/1平紋。
C-2. 綠色絹
經線:絲,無撚,單根排列,綠色,52根/cm;緯線:絲,無撚,單根排列,綠色,26根/cm;組織:1/1平紋。
- Production date
- 9thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 16.90 centimetres (MAS.875 .a)
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Length: 84 centimetres (MAS.875 .b)
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Length: 129.50 centimetres (MAS.875 .c)
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Length: 28 centimetres (MAS.875)
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Width: 47.80 centimetres (MAS.875 .a)
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Width: 5 centimetres (MAS.875 .b)
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Width: 4 centimetres (MAS.875 .c)
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Width: 28 centimetres (MAS.875)
- Curator's comments
- This textile presents the same design of MAS.874.a-b.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2018 19 Apr-22 Jul, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
- Acquisition date
- 1917
- Acquisition notes
- The 1917-11-28 group (with MAS numbering) refers to objects from Stein's Second Central Asian Expedition, 1906-08. As the expedition was financed 3/ 5 by the Government of India and 2/5 by the British Museum, it was agreed that the finds from the expedition should be allocated in these proportions. All the finds were shipped to London for sorting, research and publication, and subsequent distribution. The distribution of the finds between London and India was determined by specialists, appointed by the Government of India (through the India Office, London) and the British Museum, who drew up lists of the objects for approval by both sides. The specialists included: Raphael Petrucci, under supervision of Dr E Denison Ross (nominated by India Office) and Laurence Binyon (British Museum) on paintings; Dr F W Thomas, Dr E Denison Ross (both nominated by India Office) and Dr L D Barnett (British Museum) on manuscripts and written documents; Dr E Denison Ross (nominated by India Office) and Laurence Binyon (British Museum) on archaeological/other finds. Although the lists were drawn up and approved in 1915, the Government of India asked the British Museum to look after the entire collection during the First World War, and those allocated to India were eventually shipped in 1919.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- MAS.875
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Ch.00292 (Stein no.)