"Cloth of Gold" with Medallions
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This exuberant textile illustrates one of the most luxurious materials used at the Mongol court: nasij, or “cloth of gold.” Except for very fine outlines of patterns in bright red silk, the entire surface of this special textile was woven with gold threads. An innovation from Central Asia, this technique attests to the mass movement of weavers from the eastern Iranian world to China during the Mongol period.
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