banner;
textile;
幡(Chinese);
紡織品(Chinese)
- Museum number
- MAS.899.b
- Description
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These two rectangular fragments once formed the bottom streamers for a Buddhist banner. They are made of blue damask on plain weave with the edges rolled and stitched with blue silk thread. The pattern comprises a five-petalled flower between two symmetrically arranged leaves, repeated upside down so that the whole forms an elliptical motif, 3.7 cm wide and 2.6 cm high. The twined floral pattern and motifs on non-patterned ground both became popular in the late Tang period. These streamers therefore date from the late Tang and the Five Dynasties.
Weave structures:
Warp: silk, untwisted, single, blue, 52 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, blue, 46 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/5Z irregular twill woven with 2-4 patterning weave on 1/1 plain weave foundation weave.
長方形幡足殘片，共兩條，兩側卷邊，以藍色絲線撬邊。幡足以藍色暗花綺製成，清地折枝花卉紋樣，上下鏡像對稱，橢圓形外觀，圖案寬約爲3.7cm，高約爲2.6cm。折枝花卉及清地圖案的流行均自晚唐開始，因此，此兩件幡足當屬晚唐五代時期。
組織結構：
經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，藍色，52根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，藍色，46根/cm；組織：1/1平紋地上以2-4並絲組織織成不規則1/5Z向斜紋起花。
- Production date
- 9thC-10thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 41.10 centimetres
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Width: 5.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- This fragment is cut out from the same textile of MAS 899.a.
- 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.899.b
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Ch.00343 (Stein no.)
