- Museum number
- MAS.886
- Description
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This is the eighth of the clamp-resist dyed banners that are made of the same textiles in identical arrangement, but now in different states of preservation. Seven of these are in the V&A and one is in the British Museum. The head of the British Museum banner is 17.4 cm in height and 34 cm in width. The face or infill is of clamp-resist dyed plain weave showing rosettes in lozenge shapes, larger ones alternatively placed with smaller ones, with a repeat of 26 cm in the warp direction and 17 cm in the weft direction. Most of the leaves are blue, however some leaves (especially those near the centre of the rosettes) are green, and these green areas have been dyed twice, with blue and yellow.
Weave structures:
1. Banner top border, silk plain weave
Warp: silk, untwisted, single, light brown, 74 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, light brown, 42 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave.
2. Banner face, silk plain weave with clamp resist dyeing
Warp: silk, untwisted, single, white, 54 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, light brown, 47 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave.
3. Banner panel, silk plain weave
Warp: silk, untwisted, single, light red, 54 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, light red, 36 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave.
4. Banner panel, silk plain weave
Warp: silk, untwisted, single, light yellow, 52 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, light yellow, 41 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave.
5. Banner panel, silk plain weave with clamp resist dyeing
Warp: silk, untwisted, single, 50 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, 30 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave.
6. Banner panel, silk plain weave
Warp: silk, untwisted, single, light red, 54 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, light red, 48 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave.
7. Streamer, silk plain weave
Warp: silk, untwisted, single, blue, 48 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, blue, 31 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave.
絹制幡，包括幡頭、幡身、幡帶三部分。其幡頭部分高17.4cm，寬34.0cm，用淺棕色絹製成幡頭斜邊；幡面雙層，由一塊正方形白地夾纈絹沿對角線對折縫合而成，方形花卉紋樣，圖案經向循環爲26.0cm，緯向爲17.0cm；幡身部分則由四塊長方形織物拼縫而成，從上到下分別爲淺紅色絹、淺黃色絹、淡紅色地花卉紋夾纈絹和淡紅色絹；幡頭兩側各釘縫有一條幡帶，以藍色絹製成，左側的幡帶保存較好，長63.5cm，而右側幡帶已殘斷。此類材質和形制相同、但保存狀況不同的夾纈幡有多件，其中7件收藏於V&A博物館（LOAN:STEIN.291-296, 225），還有若干收藏在中國旅順博物館。
組織結構：
1. 淺棕色絹幡頭斜邊
經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淺棕色，74根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淺棕色，42根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。
2. 白地花卉紋夾纈絹幡面
經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，白色，54根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，白色，47根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。
3. 淺紅色絹幡身
經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淺紅色，54根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淺紅色，36根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。
4. 淺黃色絹幡身
經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淺黃色，52根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淺黃色，41根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。
5. 淡紅色地花卉紋夾纈絹幡身
經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，50根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，30根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。
6. 淡紅色絹幡身
經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淡紅色，54根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淡紅色，48根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。
7. 藍色絹幡帶
經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，藍色，48根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，藍色，31根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。
- Production date
- 9thC-10thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 131.50 centimetres
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Width: 43.60 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- 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.886
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Ch.00360.a (Stein no.)
