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Source Description
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 <em>Liaoshi </em>(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.
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155786
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Brocade with Hares
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155786
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Brocade with Hares
description
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 <em>Liaoshi </em>(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.
date
1200s–mid-1300s
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CC0
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en
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Q60820004
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Textile
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Overall: 26 x 42.8 cm (10 1/4 x 16 7/8 in.)
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Northern China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
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1991.113
Source extras
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Silk: tabby, brocaded; gold thread
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Brocade with Hares, 1200s–mid-1300s. Northern China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Silk: tabby, brocaded; gold thread; overall: 26 x 42.8 cm (10 1/4 x 16 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Lisbet Holmes, 1991.113
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Textiles
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79.
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Mentioned: p. 77
citation
Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. <em>When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 34, pp. 107 and 124-125
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Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Lisbet Holmes
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2026-06-18 15:02:34.141000
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155786
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Textiles
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Textiles
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Silk: tabby, brocaded; gold thread
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