Dragons Chasing Flaming Pearls

1200s or earlier Overall: 60 x 32 cm (23 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.33

This rectangular, reversible tapestry (kesi) fragment, woven with silk and metal thread on a deep purple ground, is a section from yardage likely intended for a garment, but no contemporary paintings exist to confirm this. A selvage edge remains on the left; having an extant s...

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