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The tapestry sewn into the center of this canopy depicts dragons among flowers, a classic design in Chinese art. Its weavers paid attention to fine details, such as the color gradation of the dragon’s scales, or subtle color changes in the flower petals and leaves. The selection of colored silk threads is soft in tone but rich in variety. All these stylistic characteristics indicate that this tapestry was woven in an imperial Southern Song workshop in the capital of Hangzhou, a center of textile production in the Jiangnan region.
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157572
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Canopy with Dragon among Flowers
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157572
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Canopy with Dragon among Flowers
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The tapestry sewn into the center of this canopy depicts dragons among flowers, a classic design in Chinese art. Its weavers paid attention to fine details, such as the color gradation of the dragon’s scales, or subtle color changes in the flower petals and leaves. The selection of colored silk threads is soft in tone but rich in variety. All these stylistic characteristics indicate that this tapestry was woven in an imperial Southern Song workshop in the capital of Hangzhou, a center of textile production in the Jiangnan region.
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1100s/1400s
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en
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Q79974085
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Overall: 87 x 84.5 cm (34 1/4 x 33 1/4 in.)
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China, Center: Southern Song dynasty (1127-1270) Border: Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
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1995.1
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Center: silk, gold, tapestry weave (kesi). Border: silk, gold, lampas weave
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Canopy with Dragon among Flowers (緙絲百花盤龍織品), 1100s/1400s. China, Center: Southern Song dynasty (1127-1270) Border: Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Center: silk, gold, tapestry weave (kesi). Border: silk, gold, lampas weave; overall: 87 x 84.5 cm (34 1/4 x 33 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1995.1
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緙絲百花盤龍織品
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Textiles
citations
citation
Shaffer, Daniel. "Marketplace: On the Crest of a Wave." <em>HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles</em>, 43 (February 1989), p. 108.
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Reproduced: p. 108
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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: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1997.
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Mentioned: cat. no. 22, pp. 85-86; Reproduced: cat. no. 22, p. 85
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Wardwell, Anne and James C. Watt. "A Meeting of Traditions." <em>HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles, </em>95 (November 1997), pp. 102–104.
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Reproduced: fig. 5
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Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. <em>Masterworks of Asian Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 52–53
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Griswold, William, Xiaofei Tian, Richard Von Glahn, Feng Zhao, S. J. Vainker, Masaaki Itakura, Jiang Wu, et al. <em>China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta</em>. Edited by Clarissa Von Spee. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p.164, no. 52
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:11:55.560000
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157572
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Center: silk, gold, tapestry weave (kesi). Border: silk, gold, lampas weave
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